Clinical Molecular Anatomic Imaging

Part I: Basic Aspects of PET, PET/CT and SPECT/CT Imaging 1. Introduction 2. Radiation Sources for Emission Scanning: Positron and Gamma Emission 3. Basics of PET Scanning 4. Design Criteria For PET Scanners -- What Is Important and Why 5. Basics of SPECT Scanning: Emission and Transmission 6. CT Scanning: New Developments Relevant to Integrated Imaging 7. CT-Based Attenuation Correction for PET/CT Scanners 8. SPECT/CT: SPECT Attenuation Correction with CT 9. Contrast Enhanced CT Scanning in PET/CT 10. Radiation Doses and Radiation Protection 11. Image Co-Registration and Co-Registered Image Rendering 12. Quantifying PET 13. Quantifying SPECT 14. A Primer in Compartment Modeling Part II: Making PET, PET/CT and SPECT/CT a Clinical Reality 15. Radiopharmaceuticals for Clinical PET-, PET/CT- and SPECT/CT Imaging 16. PET-Radiopharmaceuticals: Fluorinated Compunds 17. PET-Radiopharmaceuticals: Perfusion Compounds: [13N]-Ammonia, [15 O]-Water and [82 Rb]-Rubidium 18. PET-Radiopharmaceuticals: C-11 Compounds of Clinical Value 19. SPECT Radiopharmaceuticals for Perfusion, Tumor & Inflammation Localization 20. Financial Considerations: Fixed Site PET and PET/CT Installations 21. Making PET and PET/CT a Clinical Reality Through Mobile PET Services 22. Financial Considerations: PET Radiopharmaceutical Production 23. Generator Products for PET Imaging 24. PET Imaging Protocols 25. PET/CT Imaging Protocols 26. SPECT/CT Imaging Protocols Part III: Clinical PET- and Integrated Modality Imaging of the Brain 27. The Normal Brain Scan 28. Brain Tumors: Astrocytomas, Oligodendrogliomas and Glioblastomas 29. Brain Metastases, Intracranial Lymphomas, and Non-Gliomatous Tumors 30. Infections of the Central Nervous System 31. PET Imaging in Epilepsy 32. PET Imaging in Dementias and Extrapyramidal Disorders 33. PET Imaging in Cerebrovascular Disease Part IV: Clinical PET and Integrated Modality Imaging of the Heart 34. The Normal Heart Scan 35. Coronary Artery Disease: Perfusion 36. Coronary Artery Disease: Tissue Viability 37. PET in Other Cardiac Diseases 38. Integrated SPECT and PET/CT in Cardiac Imaging Part V: Clinical PET- and PET/CT Imaging in Body Oncology 39. Normal PET, PET/CT and SPECT/CT Body Scans: Imaging Pitfalls and Artifacts 40. PET and PET/CT of Head and Neck Tumors 41. PET and PET/CT of Cancers of the Thyroid 42. PET and PET/CT of Tumors with an Unknown Primary 43. PET and PET/CT Tumors of the Chest 44. PET and PET/CT of Breast Cancer 45. PET and PET/CT of Cancers of the Oesophagus, Stomach, and Large Intestine 46. PET and PET/CT of the Liver and Pancreas 47. PET and PET/CT of Tumors of the Genito-Urinary System 48. PET and PET/CT of Lymphoma 49. PET and PET/CT of Malignant Melanoma 50. PET and PET/CT of Bone- and Soft-Tissue Tumors 51. PET and PET/CT in Radiation Therapy 52. Gamma Camera Based PET: Basic Principles and Performance Part VI: Clinical PET and PET/CT Imaging of Inflammation in the Body 53. Physiological Basis of Inflammation Imaging 54