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Advances in organ-specific PET instrumentation and their clinical and research applications, An Issue of PET Clinics
- 1st Edition, Volume 19-1 - November 10, 2023
- Editors: Abass Alavi, Habib Zaidi, Suleman Surti
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 4 0 2 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 4 0 3 - 1
In this issue of PET Clinics, guest editors Drs. Abass Alavi, Habib Zaidi, and Suleman Surti bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Advances in Organ-specific PET Instr… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of PET Clinics, guest editors Drs. Abass Alavi, Habib Zaidi, and Suleman Surti bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Advances in Organ-specific PET Instrumentation and Their Clinical Applications. Top experts cover key topics such as the increasing use of silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) technology, advances in depth-of-interaction (DOI) and time-of-flight (TOF) PET detectors, the use of artificial intelligence technologies for detector development; and more.
- Contains 11 relevant, practice-oriented topics including advances in PET detectors and readout technologies; whole-gamma imaging; clinical applications of dedicated brain PET; clinical applications of dedicated breast PET; potential clinical applications of dedicated prostate PET; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on advances in organ-specific PET instrumentation and their clinical applications, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- CME Accreditation Page
- Preface
- Advancements in Positron Emission Tomography Detectors: From Silicon Photomultiplier Technology to Artificial Intelligence Applications
- Key points
- Introduction
- Desired properties of positron emission tomography detectors
- Recent advances in positron emission tomography detector technology
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- New Horizons in Brain PET Instrumentation
- Key points
- Introduction
- Standalone PET systems
- PET-computed tomography system
- MR-compatible PET inserts
- What recent trends tell us about the future
- Summary
- Funding
- Advances in Breast PET Instrumentation
- Key points
- Role of PET imaging in breast cancer
- Dedicated breast PET scanners
- Summary
- Developments in Dedicated Prostate PET Instrumentation
- Key points
- Introduction
- PET prostate imaging
- Interventional techniques
- Summary
- Disclosure
- Funding
- Innovations in Small-Animal PET Instrumentation
- Key points
- PET technology
- Preclinical multimodality scanner configurations
- Research applications of preclinical PET
- Closing thoughts
- Clinics care points
- High-resolution Imaging Using Virtual-Pinhole PET Concept
- Key points
- Introduction
- Fundamentals of virtual-pinhole PET
- Expand the field-of-view of breast PET imager by the virtual-pinhole PET concept
- Virtual-pinhole PET insert for head-and-neck imaging
- Virtual-pinhole PET insert for high-resolution breast imaging
- Virtual-pinhole PET insert technology to zoom-in any organ-of-interest
- Summary and discussions
- Clinics care points
- Whole Gamma Imaging: Challenges and Opportunities
- Key points
- Introduction
- Prototyping and zirconium-89 imaging
- Reconstruction-less scandium-44 imaging
- Positronium lifetime imaging
- Animal imaging and potential clinical applications
- Summary
- Transforming Neurology and Psychiatry: Organ-specific PET Instrumentation and Clinical Applications
- Key points
- Introduction
- Clinical applications in neurology
- Clinical applications in psychiatry
- PET neuroreceptor imaging as an aid to early therapeutic drug development
- The role of dedicated brain scanner and its unique applications to assess central nervous system disorders
- Future perspectives and conclusion
- Funding
- Clinical Applications of Dedicated Breast Positron Emission Tomography
- Key points
- Introduction
- Image acquisition and interpretation
- Biopsy capability
- Diagnostic performance
- Clinical applications
- Radiation dose considerations
- Additional considerations
- Future research
- Summary
- Disclosure summary
- Clinics care points
- Potential Clinical Applications of Dedicated Prostate Positron Emission Tomography
- Key points
- Introduction
- State of the art of the detection of prostate cancer foci
- Positron emission tomography in the detection of prostate cancer
- Positron emission tomography in the T staging of prostate cancer
- Positron emission tomography in the N staging of prostate cancer
- Current commercially available PET/CT tomographs
- The dedicated positron emission tomography (ProsPET) tomograph
- Summary
- Funding
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 19-1
- Published: November 10, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443184024
- eBook ISBN: 9780443184031
AA
Abass Alavi
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAHZ
Habib Zaidi
Affiliations and expertise
Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Geneva University Hospital
CH-1211 Geneva 4
SwitzerlandSS
Suleman Surti
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania