SPECT and PET in Benign Thyroid and Parathyroid Disease Ujwal N. Bhure Daniela B. Husarik The role of integrated single-photon computed tomography (SPECT) and integrated positron emission tomography and computed…
Introduction The last part of this book is concerned with miscellaneous applications, which include some single-photon computed tomography (SPECT) and integrated positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET-CT) applications that…
Rheumatologic Disease: Imaging with PET-CT and SPECT-CT Klaus Strobel Jürg Hodler Because fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is taken up into activated granulocytes, lymphocytes, and macrophages, positron emission tomography (PET) has the potential…
Infections in Patients with Metallic Implants: PET-CT and SPECT-CT Imaging Katrin D. M. Stumpe Jürg Hodler The diagnosis of musculoskeletal infections in patients with metallic implants still remains a major…
Musculoskeletal Infections: PET-CT and SPECT-CT Imaging Katrin D. M. Stumpe Klaus Strobel Juerg Hodler Infections of bones and joints are severe diseases that can result in debilitating joint destruction, joint…
Soft Tissue Inflammation: PET-CT and SPECT-CT Imaging Klaus Strobel Katrin D. M. Stumpe Gustav K. von Schulthess Soft-tissue infections, eluding clinical detection, occur in many settings. Because their therapy depends…
Physiologic Basis of Inflammation Imaging Achim H. Kaim Gustav K. von Schulthess Imaging of septic and sterile inflammation is frequently used in the management of these diseases, be it to…
PET and PET-CT in Radiation Treatment Planning Steven M. Larson Kenneth Rosenzweig Heiko Schöder John Humm Normal tissue tolerance in the region of irradiated tumor has been the major limitation…
Introduction Despite the successes of medical therapy, infectious disease and noninfectious inflammation remain major clinical problems in daily practice. Acute and chronic inflammation in general are characterized by different physiologic…
PET and PET-CT in Multiple Myeloma Sven N. Reske Anja Dankerl Multiple myeloma (MM) represents a malignant clonal proliferation of plasma cells and commonly results in an overproduction of monoclonal…
