Positron emission tomography
Subtitle: basic science and clinical practice
By: Peter E. Valk ... [et al.].
Contributors: Valk, Peter E., 1940-
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 884
Subjects: Tomography, Emission.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Machine generated contents note:  PART I BASIC SCIENCES; value: 1 Historical Development of Functional In Vivo Studies Using Positron- emitting Tracers; value: Terry Jones3; value: 2 Physics and Instrumentation in PET; value: Dale L Bailey, Joel S Karp and Suleman Surti 41; value: 3 Data Acquisition and Performance Characterization in PET; value: Dale L Bailey69; value: 4 Image Reconstruction Algorithms in PET; value: Michel Defrise, Paul E Kinahan and Christian Michel 91; value: 5 Quantitative Techniques in PET; value: Steven R Meikle and Ramsey D Badawi 115; value: 6 Tracer Kinetic Modeling in PET; value: Richard E Carson 147; value: 7 Coregistration of Structural and Functional Images; value: David J Hawkes, Derek L Hill, Lucy Hallpike and Dale L Bailey 181; value: 8 Integrated Structure/Function Imaging with X-Ray CT and PET; value: David W Townsend and Thomas Beyer 199; value: 9 Radiohalogens for PET Imaging; value: N Scott Mason and Chester A Mathis 217; value: 10 Progress in lC Radiochemistry; value: Gunnar Antoni and Bengt Langstrom 237; value: 11 Metal Radionuclides for PET Imaging; value: Paul McQuade, Deborah W McCarthy and Michael J Welch 251; value: 12 Radiation Dosimetry and Protection in PET; value: Jocelyn E C Towson 265; value: PART II CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; value: 13 Cerebral Physiologic Measurements with PET; value: Peter Herscovitch 283; value: 14 PET Studies of Neurochemical Systems; value: Kirk A Frey 309; value: 15 PET Imaging in Seizure Disorders; value: Andrew B Newberg and Abass Alavi 329 16 PET Imaging in Dementia; value: William Jagust 341; value: 17 PET Imaging in Movement Disorders; value: A Jon Stoessl and Sarah Furtado 359; value: 18 PET In Cerebrovascular Disease; value: Allyson R Zazulia and William J Powers 375; value: 19 Molecular Imaging in Psychiatric Disorders; value: Marc Laruelle, Diana Martinez, Peter S Talbot and Anissa Abi-Dargham 399; value: PART III CARDIO-RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS; value: 20 Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion by PET; value: Johannes Czernin and Heinrich R Schelbert 429; value: 21 Assessment of Myocardial Viability by PET; value: Frank M Bengel and Markus Schwaiger 447; value: 22 Assessment of Pulmonary Function by PET; value: Daniel P Schuster 465; value: PART IV ONCOLOGY; value: 23 Whole-body PET Imaging Methods; value: Paul D Shreve 481; value: 24 Artifacts and Normal Variants in PET Imaging; value: Gary JR Cook 495; value: 25 PET Imaging of Brain Tumors; value: Terence Z Wong and R Edward Coleman 507; value: 26 PET Imaging in Lung Cancer; value: Pierre Rigo, Roland Hustinx and Thierry Bury 517; value: 27 PET Imaging in Head and Neck Cancer; value: Val J Lowe and Brendan C Stack Jr 535; value: 28 PET Imaging in Lymphoma; value: Guy Jerusalem and Pierre Rigo 547; value: 29 PET Imaging in Colorectal Cancer; value: Christiaan Schiepers and Peter E Valk 559; value: 30 PET Imaging in Esophageal and Gastric Cancer; value: Farrokh Dehdashti and Barry A Siegel 571; value: 31 PET Imaging in Tumors of the Pancreas and Liver; value: Dominique Delbeke and William H Martin 583; value: 32 PET Imaging in Breast Cancer; value: RichardE Wahl 595; value: 33 PET Imaging in Testicular, Ovarian and Cervical Cancer; value: Sharon Hain 611; value: 34 PET Imaging in Melanoma; value: George M Segall and Susan M Swetter 625; value: 35 PET Imaging in Urological Tumors; value: Paul Shreve 637; value: 36 PET Imaging in Sarcoma; value: MJ O'Doherty and MA Smith 645; value: 37 PET Imaging in Thyroid and Adrenal Tumors; value: I Ross McDougall 669; value: 38 PET Imaging of the Skeleton; value: Gary JR Cook and Ignac Fogelman 679.