The first text to offer complete, diagnosis-centered guidance on the
effective use of emerging PET technology, Specialty Imaging: PET is a
one-stop resource, expertly tailored to your decision support needs at
the point of care. This accessible reference covers everything you
need to know about the key role of PET in the complex field of precision
medicine in areas including oncology, cardiac, infection and
inflammation, vascular, breast, neurological, musculoskeletal,
gastrointestinal, neuroendocrine, and many other specialties. With a
practical, clinically oriented focus, it brings you fully up-to-date
with research-based information on PET and how PET has resulted in
radically new treatment approaches based on an immediate and molecular
response to therapy.
- Features 1,600 high-quality images with captions and annotations
for interpretive guidance, with illustrations including PET, with
correlative CT and MR images depicting radiologic imaging findings
- Presents all diagnoses consistently, using a highly templated format
with bulleted text for quick, easy reference
- Includes chapters in expert interpretation, artifacts, and
common pitfalls
- Provides a wide range of essential information such as oncologic
PET diagnoses with staging tables and reporting tips; cardiac PET
indications including stress tests, cardiac viability, and
sarcoidosis; CNS PET indications including dementia, epilepsy, and
oncology; and educational, illustrated PET cases including correlative
CT and MR
- Covers PET physics and instrumentation and current clinical and
emerging PET radiotracers in table format
- Ideal for clinicians who care for cancer patients (nuclear medicine
radiologists, radiation oncologists, oncologists, oncology surgeons,
and trainees in nuclear medicine and oncology), as well as those who
interpret PET for a wide variety of indications
- Expert ConsultT eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced
eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures,
Q&As, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
