Clinical Nuclear Medicine

 

Description:

In the new edition of this very successful book, European and North American experts present the state of the art in diagnostic and therapeutic radionuclide procedures. The aim is to examine established and emerging clinical applications in detail, rather than to consider everything included in the comprehensive texts already available within the field. This “practical” approach ensures that the book will be a valuable guide for nuclear medicine physicians, technologists, students, and interested clinicians alike. This edition of Clinical Nuclear Medicine has been extensively revised to take account of recent developments. The roles of SPECT/CT, PET/CT, and PET/MRI are clearly explained and illustrated, and the coverage extended to encompass, for example, novel PET tracers and therapeutic radionuclides, advanced techniques of brain imaging, and the development of theranostics. Readers will be fully persuaded of the ever-increasing value of nuclear medicine techniques in depicting physiology and function and complementing anatomic modalities such as CT, MRI, and ultrasound.

 

 

Table of Contents:

 

Part I. Basics

1.  Physics, Instrumentation, and Radiation Safety and Regulations

2.  Radiopharmaceutical Sciences

3.  Radiomics as Applied in Precision Medicine

Part II. Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine

4.  SPECT and PET of the Brain

5.  Clinical Applications of Nuclear Cardiology

6.  Ventilation/Perfusion SPECT Imaging Diagnosing PE and Other Cardiopulmonary Diseases

7.  Scintigraphy of the Liver, Spleen, and Biliary Tree

8.  Nuclear Medicine Imaging Techniques of the Kidney

9.  Nuclear Medicine Imaging Techniques of the Gastrointestinal System

10.  Nuclear Medicine Imaging Techniques of the Musculoskeletal System

11.  Application of Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy in Surgical Oncology

12.  Lymphoscintigraphy in the Management of Lymphatic Disorders

13.  Nuclear Medicine Imaging Techniques of the Neuroendocrine System

14.  Thyroid and Parathyroid Imaging

15.  Molecular Imaging of Inflammation and Infection

16.  Imaging of Atherosclerosis with 18F-FDG PET

17.  PET/CT and PET/MRI, Normal Variations, and Artifacts

18.  PET in Head and Neck Cancer

19.  PET in Gastrointestinal, Pancreatic, and Liver Cancers

20.  18F-FDG-PET/CT in Breast and Gynecologic Cancer

21.  PET in Lung Cancer and Mediastinal Malignancies

22.  Nuclear Medicine Imaging Techniques in Melanoma

23.  PET in Lymphoma

24.  PET/CT in Renal, Bladder, and Testicular Cancer

25.  PSMA-Ligand Imaging in the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer

26.  Lacrimal Dacryoscintigraphy, Radionuclide Hysterosalpingography, and Scrotal Scintigraphy

27.  Radionuclide Imaging of Children

Part III. Nuclear Medicine Therapy

28.  Radioiodine Therapy for Benign Thyroid Disease

29.  Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Radioiodine Therapy

30.  Palliation of Metastatic Bone Pain with Radiolabeled Phosphonates

31.  Radionuclide Therapy of Bone Metastases with Radium-223 Chloride in Prostate Cancer Patients

32.  Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy

33.  Treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumours (Neuroblastoma Stage III or IV, Metastatic Pheochromocytoma, Etc.) with 131I-mIBG

34.  Radioimmunotherapy

35.  Radioactive Microspheres

36.  Radioembolization

37.  Assessment of Tumor Response with MRI and CT After Radioembolization

38.  Radioisotope Therapy of Malignant Pleural and Peritoneal Effusions

39.  Radiosynoviorthesis (Radiation Synovectomy)

40.  Radioligand Therapy in Prostate Cancer Using PSMA Ligands