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Positron Emission Tomography
Basic Science and Clinical Practice
Table of Contents
FOREWORD
PREFACE
BASIC SCIENCES
1. Historical Development of Functional In Vivo Studies Using Positron Emitting Tracers
2. Physics and Instrumentation in Positron Emission Tomography
3. Data Acquisition and Performance Characterisation in Positron Emission Tomography
4. Image Reconstruction Algorithms in Positron Emission Tomography
5. Quantitative Techniques in Positron Emission Tomography
6. Tracer Kinetic Modeling in Positron Emission Tomography
7. Coregistration of Structural and Functional Images
8. Integrated Structure/Function Imaging with X-Ray CT and Positron Emission Tomography
9. Radiohalogens for Positron Emission Tomography Imaging
10. Progress in 11C-Radiochemistry
11. Metal Radionuclides for Positron Emission Tomography Imaging
12. Radiation Dosimetry and Protection in PET
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
13. Cerebral Physiologic Measurements with PET
14. PET Studies of Neurochemical Systems
15. PET Imaging in Seizure Disorders
16. PET Imaging in Dementia
17. PET Imaging in Movement Disorders
18. PET In Cerebrovascular Disease
19. Molecular Imaging in Psychiatric Disorders
CARDIO-RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS
20. Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion by PET
21. Assessment of Myocardial Viability by PET
22. Assessment of Pulmonary Function by PET
ONCOLOGY
23. Whole-body PET Imaging Methods
24. Artefacts and Normal Variants in PET Imaging
25. PET Imaging of Brain Tumours
26. PET Imaging in Lung Cancer
27. PET Imaging in Head and Neck Cancer
28. PET Imaging in Lymphoma
29. PET Imaging in Colorectal Cancer
30. PET Imaging in Esophageal and Gastric Cancer
31. PET Imaging in Tumors of the Pancreas and Liver
32. PET Imaging in Breast Cancer
33. PET Imaging in Testicular, Ovarian and Cervical Cancer
34. PET Imaging in Melanoma
35. PET Imaging in Urological Tumours
36. PET Imaging in Sarcoma
37. PET Imaging in Thyroid and Adrenal Tumours
38. PET Imaging of the Skeleton
39. PET Imaging of Tumour Hypoxia
40. Assessment of Treatment Response by FDG PET
41. Labelled Pyrimdines in Tumour Assessment
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
42. PET Imaging In Infectious Diseases
43. PET Imaging in HIV Infection
PEDIATRICS
44. PET Imaging in Paediatric Disorders
TECHNOLOGIST PERSPECTIVE
45. The Technologist's Perspective
TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION
46. Cost-Effectiveness of PET in Patient Management
47. Clinical Trials in Technology Evaluation
DRUG DEVELOPMENT
48. PET in Drug Discovery and Development
49. PET in Development and Use of Anticancer Drugs
GENE THERAPY
50. PET In Imaging Gene Expression and Therapy
APPENDIX
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