Ovarian Cancer
, Leonid Tiutin2 and Thomas Schwarz3 (1) Russian Research Center for Radiology and Surgery, St. Petersburg, Russia (2) Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Russian Research Center for Radiology, St. Petersburg, Russia…
Head and Neck Tumors
, Leonid Tiutin2 and Thomas Schwarz3 (1) Russian Research Center for Radiology and Surgery, St. Petersburg, Russia (2) Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Russian Research Center for Radiology, St. Petersburg, Russia…
Colorectal Cancer
, Leonid Tiutin2 and Thomas Schwarz3 (1) Russian Research Center for Radiology and Surgery, St. Petersburg, Russia (2) Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Russian Research Center for Radiology, St. Petersburg, Russia…
Stomach Cancer
, Leonid Tiutin2 and Thomas Schwarz3 (1) Russian Research Center for Radiology and Surgery, St. Petersburg, Russia (2) Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Russian Research Center for Radiology, St. Petersburg, Russia…
Esophageal Cancer
, Leonid Tiutin2 and Thomas Schwarz3 (1) Russian Research Center for Radiology and Surgery, St. Petersburg, Russia (2) Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Russian Research Center for Radiology, St. Petersburg, Russia…
Normal Variants and Benign Findings
6Normal Variants andBenign FindingsEugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi General Principles As a rule, most inflammatory or infectious processes are visualized by positron emission tomography (PET) because activated white cells…
Oncologic PET by Anatomical Region
IIIOncologic Applications 10Oncologic PET byAnatomical RegionEugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi General Principles The primary attribute of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is its great contrast resolution compared with anatomical…
Urologic Tumors
23Urologic TumorsEugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi Renal Cell Carcinoma:1 Renal Masses Clinical Indication: C The role of positron emission tomography (PET) in the evaluation of renal masses is somewhat…
The Physics of PET/CT Scanners
IBasic Science 1The Physics of PET/CT ScannersRuth E. Schmitz, Adam M. Alessio, and Paul E. Kinahan What Makes PET Useful? Positron emission tomography (PET) offers several unique advantages compared with…
Thoracic Neoplasms
15Thoracic NeoplasmsEugene C. Lin and Abass Alavi Solitary Pulmonary Nodule Clinical Indication: A Positron emission tomography (PET) is a well-established modality for evaluating indeterminate solitary pulmonary nodules. It is most…
