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Clinical PET and PET/CT: Principles and Applications
E. Edmund Kim (Ed.)
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Description for Clinical PET and PET/CT: Principles and Applications
Hardback. This overview of the basic principles and clinical applications of PET and PET/CT emphasizes the familiarization of normal distribution, artifacts and common imaging agents. Revised and updated, it includes studies on PET in neurology, cardiology and oncology. Editor(s): Kim, E. Edmund; Lee, Myung-Chul (University of Seoul, South Korea); Inoue, Tomio (Yokohama City University, Japan); Wong, Wai-Hoi (University of Texas, USA). Num Pages: 417 pages, 34 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 183 x 21. Weight in Grams: 962.
Clinical PET and PET/CT, 2nd Edition presents a valuable overview of the basic principles and clinical applications of PET and PET/CT. Emphasis is placed on the familiarization of normal distribution, artifacts, and common imaging agents such as FDG in conjunction with CT, MRI, and US to establish the clinical effectiveness of PET and PET/CT. Practical information about updated PET and PET/CT scanners, imaging processing, correlation, and quantification of PET and PET/CT measurements is also presented. This book is divided into two sections, the first half dealing with the basic principles of PET and PET/CT for instrumentation, fusion, radiopharmaceuticals, radiosynthesis, safety, and cost analysis. ... Read moreThe second part of this volume presents chapters on the clinical techniques and applications of PET and PET/CT for common oncologic, cardiologic, and neurologic diseases. Numerous full color images provide comprehensive coverage on essential clinical PET and PET/CT studies.
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Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
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New York, NY, United States
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About E. Edmund Kim (Ed.)
E. Edmund Kim, MD, is Professor of Nuclear Medicine at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston. Myung Chul-Lee, MD, is Professor of Nuclear Medicine at Gachon University School of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea. Tomio Inoue, MD, is Professor of Radiology at Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan. Wai-Hoi Wong, PhD, is Director ... Read moreof PET Instrumentation Development Lab Group at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston. Show Less
Reviews for Clinical PET and PET/CT: Principles and Applications
From the reviews of the second edition: “The main objective is to provide a valuable reference for clinicians and trainees in the use of PET and PET/CT in clinical practice. The book achieves its goals. It is written for practitioners in nuclear medicine, radiology, oncology, cardiology, and neurology. It also is intended as a reference for trainees in these ... Read morefields, especially nuclear medicine and radiology. … Overall, this is a good reference on the subject and is a high quality book.” (Bennett S. Greenspan, Doody’s Book Reviews, May, 2013) Show Less