Positron Emission Tomography: Clinical Practice

This book provides a contemporary reference work covering the science and clinical applications of PET, especially PET/CT technology. The 1st part covers the basic aspects of PET and PET/CT including physics, instrumentation, radiation dosimetry and protection. The 2nd part deals with the central nervous system technology and the 3rd part addresses the cardio-respiratory systems including a new chapter on cardiac PET/CT viewed by some experts as the future one-stop-shop cardiac examination. The 4th part focuses on oncology and contains new data related to the PET/CT technology and illustrations. Finally, 2 chapters are devoted to infectious diseases, 1 to PET imaging in pediatric disorders and 2 chapters to technology evaluation. For residents and fellows training in medical imaging specialties as well as experts in private or academic practice who need to become familiar with this technology and those whose specialties carry over to PET and PET/CT - oncologists, cardiologists, neurologists and surgeons.