Atlas of PET/CT Imaging in Oncology [electronic resource]

Atlas of PET/CT Imaging in Oncology
Author: J. Czernin MD, M. Dahlbom MD, O. Ratib MD, PhD, FAHA, C. Schiepers MD, PhD
Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg
ISBN: 978-3-642-62141-3
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-18517-5

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Principles of PET/CT Imaging
• A Future for PET/CT
• PET/CT Image Acquisition Protocols and Imaging Data Workflow
• Acquisition Schemes for Combined 18F-FDG-PET/CT Imaging: An European Experience
• From FDG-PET to FDG-PET/CT Imaging
• Normal Pattern and Common Pitfalls of FDG-PET Image Interpretation
• PET/CT Image Artifacts
• Physiological Variants
• Anatomical Masses vs. Viable Tumor
• Cancers of the Head and Neck
• Solitary Pulmonary Nodules
• Lung Cancer
• Cancers of the Gastrointestinal Tract
• Lymphoma
• Cancers of the Skin
• Breast Cancer
• Gynecological Cancers
• Cancers of the Genito-Urinary System
• Benign Diseases

The Atlas of PET/CT Imaging in Oncology serves an educational purpose and is designed to teach radiologists and nuclear medicine specialists about important aspects of molecular imaging and nuclear medicine specialists about the benefits of anatomic imaging. It consists of a brief didactic portion and an extensive selection of interesting and challenging case examples. A special feature of the atlas is an interactive CD-ROM that provides the original PET and CT images of each case in selected planes enabling the users to manually adjust the blending intensity of each modality in a fused image. In addition, users can display the clinical history, imaging techniques and diagnostic findings of each case as well as the corresponding specific teaching point
1: Clinical and Technical Principles -- Principles of PET/CT Imaging -- A future for PET/CT -- PET/CT Image Acquisition Protocols and Imaging Data Workflow -- Acquisition Schemes for Combined 18F-FDG-PET/CT -- From FDG-PET to FDG-PET/CT Imaging -- Normal Pattern and Common Pitfalls of FDG-PET Image Interpretation -- 2: Atlas -- 1: PET/CT Image Artifacts Cases: -- 2: Physiological Variants Cases: -- 3: Anatomical Masses vs. Viable Tumor Cases: -- 4: Cancers of Head and Neck Cases: -- 5: Solitary Pulmonary Nodules Cases: -- 6: Lung Cancer Cases: -- 7: Cancers of the Gastrointestinal Tract Cases: -- 8: Lymphoma Cases: -- 9: Cancers of the Skin Cases: -- 10: Breast Cancer Cases: -- 11: Gynecological Cancers Cases -- 12: Cancers of the Genito-Urinary System Cases: -- 13: Benign Diseases Cases