Imaging in Nuclear Medicine [electronic resource] /
Giussani, Augusto.editor.
Hoeschen, Christoph.editor.
This volume addresses a wide range of issues in the field of nuclear medicine imaging, with an emphasis on the latest research findings. Initial chapters set the scene by considering the role of imaging in nuclear medicine from the medical perspective and discussing the implications of novel agents and applications for imaging. The physics at the basis of the most modern imaging systems is described, and the reader is introduced to the latest advances in image reconstruction and noise correction. Various novel concepts are then discussed, including those developed within the framework of the EURATOM FP7 MADEIRA research project on the optimization of imaging procedures in order to permit a reduction in the radiation dose to healthy tissues. Advances in quality control and quality assurance are covered, and the book concludes by listing rules of thumb for imaging that will be of use to both beginners and experienced researchers.
Imaging in Nuclear Medicine; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Part I: Basic Principles and Physics of Nuclear Medical Imaging; Chapter 2: The Role of Imaging in Nuclear Medicine: The Medical Perspective; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Gamma Camera and SPECT Imaging; 2.3 PET/CT Imaging; 2.3.1 Fluoro-2-Deoxy-2-d-Glucose; 2.3.2 Lung Cancer; 2.3.3 Lymphoma; 2.3.4 Inflammation; 2.3.5 Neurology; 2.4 Further Developments; 2.5 Summary; References; Chapter 3: Physics of Imaging in Nuclear Medicine; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Radiation Used in Imaging in Nuclear Medicine; 3.3 Detection of Radiation
3.3.1 Interactions of Photons with Matter3.3.2 Sensitive Materials: Scintillators; 3.3.3 Light Detectors; 3.3.4 Sensitive Materials: Solid-State Detectors; 3.4 Planar Imaging and SPECT; 3.4.1 Spatial Resolution; 3.4.2 Mechanical Collimation; 3.4.3 Energy Resolution and Its Impact on Scattering Removal; 3.5 PET; 3.5.1 Electronic Collimation; 3.5.2 Spatial Resolution; 3.5.3 Efficiency; 3.5.4 Timing Resolution in PET, TOF-PET; 3.6 Image Reconstruction; References; Chapter 4: Tomographic and Hybrid Imaging in Nuclear Medicine; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography
4.2.1 Main Clinical Applications4.2.2 Principles of the Conventional SPECT Data Acquisition; 4.2.3 Static, Gated, Dynamic, and Listmode Acquisitions; 4.2.4 Improvements in SPECT Technology; 4.3 Positron Emission Tomography; 4.3.1 Main Clinical Applications; 4.3.2 Architecture of PET Systems; 4.3.3 Principles of PET Data Acquisition; 4.3.4 Improvements in PET Technology; 4.3.5 PET Versus SPECT; 4.4 Hybrid Systems; 4.4.1 Brief History of Hybrid Systems in Nuclear Medicine; 4.4.2 PET/CT; 4.4.3 SPECT/CT; 4.4.4 PET/MR; References
Chapter 5: Perspectives in Nuclear Medicine Tomography: A Physicist ́s Point of View5.1 Ultimate Goal: Goodbye Prof. Radon, Welcome Back Prof. Poisson; 5.2 New Technology Developments in SPECT; 5.2.1 More and More Solid: End of the PMT Age; 5.2.2 Lighter and Faster: The Compton Camera; 5.2.3 The Recoil Electron-Tracking Compton Camera; 5.2.4 The SPECT Ultimate Goal: Multiple Coincidences Compton Camera; 5.3 New Technology Developments in PET; 5.3.1 The PET Ultimate Goal: 25ps TOF-PET; 5.3.2 Dual-Isotope PET; 5.4 New Clinical Applications: In Line with Therapy
5.4.1 Real-Time Microsphere Deposition Tracking in Liver SIRT by Pinhole Bremsstrahlung SPECT5.4.2 In-line PET in Hadron Therapy; 5.4.3 In-line Proton Computed Tomography in Hadron Therapy; 5.5 New Preclinical Application: Wearable PET; 5.6 Conclusion; References; Part II: Data Acquisition and Image Processing; Chapter 6: Reconstruction Algorithms and Scanning Geometries in Tomographic Imaging; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Denotations and Theoretical Background; 6.3 Convolution-Based Algorithms; 6.3.1 Parallel-Beam Geometry; 6.3.2 Fan-Beam Geometry
6.4 Algorithms Based on Expansion in Basis of Orthogonal Polynomials
Includes index.
This volume addresses a wide range of issues in the field of nuclear medicine imaging, with an emphasis on the latest research findings. Initial chapters set the scene by considering the role of imaging in nuclear medicine from the medical perspective and discussing the implications of novel agents and applications for imaging. The physics at the basis of the most modern imaging systems is described, and the reader is introduced to the latest advances in image reconstruction and noise correction. Various novel concepts are then discussed, including those developed within the framework of the EURATOM FP7 MADEIRA research project on the optimization of imaging procedures in order to permit a reduction in the radiation dose to healthy tissues. Advances in quality control and quality assurance are covered, and the book concludes by listing rules of thumb for imaging that will be of use to both beginners and experienced researchers.
Nuclear medicine.
Radiology.
Medical physics.
Radiation.
Nuclear Medicine.
Imaging / Radiology.
Medical and Radiation Physics.