Top-selling, concise guide to PET and PET/CT imaging from distinguished radiologists, now in a new edition!

PET and PET/CT have been increasingly used as effective imaging modalities in the management of patients with cancer, neurologic disease, musculoskeletal disease, and cardiac disease. PET and PET/CT: A Clinical Guide, Third Edition by world renowned molecular imaging pioneer Abass Alavi and esteemed diagnostic and nuclear radiologist Eugene Lin features the latest advances in PET technology in an easy-to-read format.

The book lays a solid foundation with opening chapters on scanner physics, radionuclide basics, study interpretation, patient preparation, quantitative whole-body PET/CT imaging, normal variants, benign findings, and clinical applications.

Key Highlights

• Oncology-related chapters include the use of PET for rare and common cancers — from brain neoplasms and musculoskeletal tumors — to breast and colorectal cancers
• Updated with the latest scientific literature and guidelines
• Specialized topics include Gadolinium-68 imaging techniques, pediatric PET/CT, utilization for radiation therapy planning and infection and inflammation evaluations, and neurological and cardiac applications
• A state-of-the-chapter on PET/MRI
• More than 500 high-quality images, including many in full color

Succinct yet comprehensive, this state-of-the-art book will enable clinicians to master a highly complex imaging discipline at an accelerated pace. Residents and veteran practitioners in the fields of nuclear medicine, radiology, oncology, radiation oncology, and nuclear medicine technology will benefit from reading this resource.

Contents

۱ The Physics of PET/CT Scanners
۲ The Basics of 2-[F-18]Fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose Radiochemistry and Biology
۳ The Role of Glucose and FDG Metabolism in the Interpretation of PET Studies
۴ Patient Preparation
۵ Standardized Uptake Value
۶ Quantitative Whole-Body PET/CT Imaging
۷ Normal Variants and Benign Findings
۸ Interpretation of FDG PET Studies
۹ PET/CT
۱۰ PET/MRI: Introduction to Clinical Applications
۱۱ Oncological PET by Anatomic Region
۱۲ Therapy Response
۱۳ Brain Neoplasms
۱۴ Head and Neck Cancer
۱۵ Thyroid Cancer
۱۶ Thoracic Neoplasms
۱۷ Breast Cancer
۱۸ Gastric, Esophageal, and Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
۱۹ Lymphoma
۲۰ Melanoma
۲۱ Hepatobiliary Tumors
۲۲ Pancreatic Cancer
۲۳ Gynecological Tumors
۲۴ Urological Tumors
۲۵ Colorectal Cancer
۲۶ Musculoskeletal Tumors
۲۷ ۱۸F Sodium Fluoride PET/CT in Bone
۲۸ ۶۸Ga-Based Imaging Techniques
۲۹ Pediatric PET/CT
۳۰ PET/CT in Radiation Therapy Planning
۳۱ FDG-PET/CT in the Evaluation of Infection and Inflammation
۳۲ Neurological Applications of Fluorodeoxyglucose PET
۳۳ Neurological Applications of Nonfluorodeoxyglucose Tracers
۳۴ Cardiac PET and PET/CT