PET in Oncology

PET in Oncology

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In the management of oncologic diseases, modern imaging modalities contribute heavily to the decision of which form of treatment - local or systemic, surgical or interdisciplinary - will be most efficient. The addition of functional image information to conventional staging procedures helps improve the diagnostic pathway.

1;Preface;5 2;Contents;7 3;List of Contributors;9 4;1 PET and PET/CT: Basic Principles and Instrumentation;13 5;2 Radiopharmacy;36 6;3 Brain Tumors;43 7;4 PET/CT Imaging in Head and Neck Tumours;58 8;5 PET and PET/CT in Thyroid Cancer;67 9;6 Esophageal Cancer;79 10;7 Lung Cancer;88 11;8 FDG-PET and PET/CT in Malignant Lymphoma;100 12;9 PET in Colorectal Cancer;115 13;10 FDG-PET and FDG-PET/CT in Breast Cancer;131 14;11 Gynecologic Tumors;147 15;12 Cutaneous Melanoma;157 16;13 Value of PET and PET/CT in the Diagnostics of Prostate and Penile Cancer;164 17;14 Pediatric PET: Indications and Value of Multimodal Imaging;185 18;15 Cancer of Unknown Primary;196 19;16 FDG-PET in Paraneoplastic Syndromes;206 20;17 PET and PET/CT with F-18 Fluoride in Bone Metastases;215 21;18 Receptor PET/CT Imaging of Neuroendocrine Tumors;227 22;19 PET and PET/CT in Radiotherapy;245
ISBN 9783540312031
Article number 9783540312031
Media type eBook - PDF
Copyright year 2009
Publisher Springer-Verlag
Length 254 pages
Language English
Copy protection Adobe DRM