Clinical PET Principles and Applications

Book Description
With contributions from leaders in the PET community, Textbook of
Clinical PET is a valuable overview of the basic principles and
clinical applications of PET. Emphasis is placed on the
familiarization of normal distribution, artifacts, and common imaging
agents such as FDG in conjunction with CT, MRI, and US to establish
the clinical effectiveness of PET. Practical understanding of updated
PET scanners, image process and quantification of PET measurements is
also discussed. The book is divided into two sections, with the first
7 chapters dealing with the basic principles of PET for
instrumentation, fusion, radiopharmaceuticals, radiosynthesis, safety
and cost analysis, and the following 16 chapters focusing on the
clinical techniques and indications of PET. There is also a unique
atlas as well as comprehensive coverage on essential clinical PET
studies in neurology, cardiology and oncology. Textbook of Clinical
PET provides a practical guide that helps nuclear medicine
practitioners, radiologists, oncologists, and neurologists navigate
the complexity of PET interpretation.