Positron emission tomography computed tomography : a disease-oriented approach / edited by Elissa L. Kramer, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA; [and 3 others]. - New York : Informa Healthcare, c2008. - xii, 480 pages : illustrations (some col.) ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Technical aspects of CT in practice / Jane Ko, Elissa L. Kramer and Barbara Moczulska -- PET instrumentation and methodology / Martin A. Lodge -- Patient preparation and scanning considerations for PET and PET/CT / Fabio Ponzo -- Clinical PET/CT in the brain / Yvonne W. Lui and Elissa L. Kramer -- Head and neck cancer: evaluation with PET/CT / Karen Mourtzikos and Bidyut K. Pramanik -- PET and PET/CT of thyroid disease / Kent P. Friedman and Manfred Blum -- PET/CT: mediastinal lesions / Jane P. Ko and Elissa L. Kramer -- Diseases of the lungs and pleura: FDG PET/CT / Jane P. Ko ... [et al.] -- PET/CT in breast cancer / Fabio Ponzo and Laura Travascio -- PET/CT for the evaluation of diseases of gastrointestinal origin / Elizabeth Hecht, Elissa L. Kramer Karen and Mourtzikos -- PET/CT in gynecologic malignancies / Genevieve Bennett and Elissa L. Kramer -- Using PET/CT in evaluating cancers of the genitourinary tract / Kent P. Friedman and Elizabeth Hecht -- Detecting and evaluating osseous metastases on PET/CT / Laura Travascio, Mahvash Rafii, and Elissa L. Kramer -- PET/CT findings in primary bone tumors / Elissa L. Kramer and Mahvash Rafii -- PET/CT evaluation of soft tissue sarcoma / Elissa L. Kramer and Mahvash Rafii -- PET/CT imaging of cutaneous malignancies / Kent P. Friedman -- PET/CT in evaluating lymphoma / Jane P. Ko and Elissa L. Kramer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.


System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Windows 98 or higher.

9780849380877 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0849380871 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2007044279

101319280 DNLM


Tomography, Emission.
Tomography.
Positron-Emission Tomography--methods.
Tomography, X-Ray Computed--methods.
Central Nervous System Diseases--diagnosis.
Neoplasms--diagnosis.

RC78.7.T62 / POS 2008

616.07/575

WN 206 / P8556 2008