PET-CT Beyond FDG: A Quick Guide to Image Interpretation - Softcover

Fanti, Stefano

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3540939083 ISBN 13: 9783540939085

Verlag: Springer, 2009

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This user-friendly guide to PET-CT imaging beyond FDG covers a wide range of non-FDG tracers. It contains almost 500 high-quality images and emphasizes image interpretation throughout, offering guidance on recognizing normal, benign and malignant.

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Stefano Fanti, Associate Professor in Diagnostic Imaging at the University of Bologna, Director of Nuclear Medicine Division and of PET Unit at the Policlinico S.Orsola, Director of Specialty School of Nuclear Medicine at University of Bologna.

Mohsen Farsad, M.D., is the director of the Nuclear Medicine Unit at Central Hospital Bolzano/Bozen Italy. He has graduated from the University of Bologna, in one of the most active PET/CT Departments in Europe and a Centre of Excellence. He pursued an Oncology Imaging fellowship at Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital London (UK). He obtained the National Scientific Qualification for Associate Professor in January 2014. The major focus of his career has been on PET/CT Imaging, with special interest in Non-FDG PET tracers.

Professor Luigi Mansi works at the Second University of Naples since 1992 as Professor of Diagnostic Imaging and Head of the Nuclear Medicine Department. He graduated in Medicine in 1975 and became a specialist in nuclear medicine, radiology and radiotherapy. In 1982-83, he was an expert for the research on PET at the NIH in Bethesda, becoming a pioneer in PET-FDG. He is the author of more than 400 papers including 130 in PubMed and Editor of many books and chapters. Chairman and speaker at many international conferences and workshops. Editor of the Notiziario di Medicina Nucleare (2005-2011) and co-Editor-in-Chief of Current Radiopharmaceuticals.

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Although [¹⁸F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) generally shows an excellent performance as a cancer-imaging agent when using PET-CT, there are some settings in which other radiopharmaceuticals offer advantages. Such non-FDG tracers are now gaining widespread acceptance not only in research but also in clinical practice, with the acquisition of promising results in the management of various cancers. This atlas, including about 500 high-quality images, is a user-friendly guide to PET-CT imaging beyond FDG. A wide range of tracers is covered, such as ¹⁸F- and ¹¹C-choline, ¹¹C-methionine, ¹⁸F-ethyl-L-tyrosine, ⁶⁸Ga-DOTA-NOC, ¹¹C-acetate, ¹¹C-thymidine, and ¹⁸F-DOPA. Throughout, the emphasis is on image interpretation, with guidance on the recognition of normal, benign, and malignant uptake and clear instruction on learning points and pitfalls. This book is a companion to the editors’ recently published Atlas of PET-CT, which focuses exclusively on the use of FDG. It is designed to serve as a reference text for both nuclear physicians and radiologists, and will also be of great benefit to radiographers, technologists, and nuclear medicine and radiology residents.

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• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3540939083
• ISBN 13: 9783540939085
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256
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