KEY POINTS • Accurate quantitative MBF quantification requires an understanding of the technical capabilities of the instrumentation and quantitative software used to make the measurements. • Quality control of MBF…
KEY POINTS • Before ordering any test, especially one associated with ionizing radiation, we must ensure the appropriateness of the study and that the potential benefits outweigh the risks. •…
KEY POINTS • The radionuclides of interest for PET emit positrons, the antiparticles of electrons. • Positrons interact with free electrons to produce two back-to-back 511-keV annihilation photons; PET imaging…
KEY POINTS • Conventional gamma cameras use one to three detectors, based on a NaI scintillation crystal and a photomultiplier tube array, that rotate around the patient. • Cameras commonly…
The use of PET imaging agents in oncology, cardiovascular disease, and neurodegenerative disease shows the power of this technique in evaluating the molecular and biological characteristics of numerous diseases. These…
Head and neck cancers are commonly encountered cancers in clinical practice in the United States. Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose ( 18 F-FDG) PET/CT has been clinically applied in staging, occult primary tumor detection,…
This review article summarizes the clinical applications of established and emerging PET tracers in the evaluation of the 5 most common gynecologic malignancies: endometrial, ovarian, cervical, vaginal, and vulvar cancers….
Tumor predisposition syndromes represent a heterogeneous group of multiorgan disorders, with many having substantial central nervous system involvement. This article highlights the common and uncommon manifestations of these syndromic disorders,…
Neurologic injury arises from treatment of central nervous system malignancies as result of direct toxic effects or indirect vascular, autoimmune, or infectious effects. Multimodality treatment may potentiate both therapeutic and…
Neoplastic meningitis (NM) and paraneoplastic syndromes (PNSs) are a rare group of disorders present in patients with cancer. Clinical diagnosis of these conditions is challenging, and imaging and laboratory analysis…
