Limited Offer
Save 50% on book bundles
Immediately download your ebook while waiting for your print delivery. No promo code needed.
PET Imaging, An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America
- 1st Edition, Volume 59-5 - August 18, 2021
- Editors: Jonathan E. Mcconathy, Samuel J. Galgano
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 1 0 7 0 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 1 0 7 1 - 5
In this issue of Radiologic Clinics, Guest Editors Jonathan E. McConathy and Samuel J. Galgano bring their considerable expertise to the topic of PET Imaging. Top experts in the f… Read more
Purchase options
Institutional subscription on ScienceDirect
Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Radiologic Clinics, Guest Editors Jonathan E. McConathy and Samuel J. Galgano bring their considerable expertise to the topic of PET Imaging. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as PET Imaging for lung cancer, breast cancer, melanoma, and more.
- Provides in-depth, clinical reviews on PET Imaging, providing 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 these timely topic-based reviews.
- Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including PET Imaging for hematologic malignancies, neuroendocrine tumors, prostate and genitourinary cancers, and more.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- CME Accreditation Page
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Update on Molecular Imaging and Precision Medicine in Lung Cancer
- Key points
- Lung cancer and precision medicine
- The solitary pulmonary nodule and lung cancer staging
- PET/CT-based molecular imaging and precision medicine in subsequent lung cancer treatment strategy
- PET as a biomarker of response to lung cancer therapy
- PET image phenotype as a biomarker of prognosis in lung cancer
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- PET Imaging for Hematologic Malignancies
- Key points
- Introduction
- Normal anatomy and physiology
- Protocol and imaging technique
- Lymphoma
- Multiple myeloma
- Leukemia
- Histiocytosis
- Diagnostic challenges
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- PET Imaging for Breast Cancer
- Key points
- Introduction
- Clinical indications for FDG PET/CT
- PET/MRI
- FES PET/CT
- Ongoing research
- Clinics care points
- 18F-FDG-PET/CT Imaging for Gastrointestinal Malignancies
- Key points
- Introduction
- General considerations
- Esophageal cancer
- Gastric cancer
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Biliary tract cancers
- Pancreatic cancer
- Colon cancer
- Rectal and anal cancers
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Precision Nuclear Medicine: The Evolving Role of PET in Melanoma
- Key points
- Introduction
- Role of FDG PET in management of melanoma
- Recent advances in PET: new technologies, approaches, and analytics
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- PET Imaging for Head and Neck Cancers
- Key points
- Introduction
- Staging head and neck cancers
- Role of PET in the evaluation of head and neck cancers
- Imaging findings
- Treatment planning
- Treatment response assessment
- Occult primary detection
- Second primary malignancy detection
- Disease recurrence detection
- Prognosis prediction
- Alternative PET radiotracers in head and neck cancers
- PET/MR imaging in head and neck cancer
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- PET Imaging of Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Key points
- Introduction
- Tumor grading and impact of tumor pathology on PET imaging
- PET radiotracers, biodistribution, and imaging protocols
- Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
- Thoracic neuroendocrine tumors
- Other neuroendocrine tumors
- Role of PET imaging in PRRT
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- PET Imaging for Prostate Cancer
- Key points
- Introduction
- Choline PET
- 18F-fluciclovine PET
- Prostate-specific membrane antigen-targeted PET
- Clinics care points
- PET Imaging for Gynecologic Malignancies
- Key points
- Introduction
- PET radiopharmaceuticals and imaging protocols
- Endometrial cancer
- Ovarian cancer
- Cervical cancer
- Vaginal cancer
- Vulvar cancer
- Future directions
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- PET Cardiac Imaging (Perfusion, Viability, Sarcoidosis, and Infection)
- Key points
- Myocardial perfusion using positron emission tomography
- PET viability
- PET for sarcoidosis
- 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET imaging of cardiac and cardiac device infections
- Clinics care points
- Clinical Applications of PET/MR Imaging
- Key points
- Introduction
- Practical Considerations, Strengths, and Challenges
- Imaging Protocols
- Oncologic Applications of PET/MR imaging
- Neurologic Applications of PET/MR imaging
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Immune PET Imaging
- Key points
- Introduction
- Atypical response patterns in immunotherapy
- Response evaluation
- Immune imaging with fdg pet/ct
- New immune-specific PET imaging probes
- Clinics care points
- Novel Tracers and Radionuclides in PET Imaging
- Key points
- Prominent PET tracers in oncology
- Radiopharmaceuticals for PET imaging in neurology
- Radiopharmaceuticals for cardiovascular PET imaging
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 59-5
- Published: August 18, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323810708
- eBook ISBN: 9780323810715
JM
Jonathan E. Mcconathy
Affiliations and expertise
Division of Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics
Department of Radiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
619 19th Street South, JT 777
Birmingham, AL, 35249SG
Samuel J. Galgano
Affiliations and expertise
Division of Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics
Department of Radiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
619 19th Street South, JTN 456
Birmingham, AL, 35294