The Normal Heart Scan: PET and SPECT
The Normal Heart Scan: PET and SPECT Philipp A. Kaufmann This chapter provides a short summary of the commonly used tracers and techniques for assessing viability and perfusion by positron…
PET Imaging in Cerebrovascular Disease
PET Imaging in Cerebrovascular Disease Alfred Buck Bernhard Schuknecht Yasuhiro Yonekawa Cerebrovascular disease can be chronic or acute. A typical example of the latter is stroke. The clinical value of…
Introduction
Introduction Cardiac imaging is extremely important because of the high prevalence and morbidity of cardiovascular disease. Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) have been the methods…
PET Imaging in Dementias and Extrapyramidal Disorders
PET Imaging in Dementias and Extrapyramidal Disorders Alfred Buck Ehab M. Kamel Klaus Tatsch Some types of dementia display a distinct metabolic signature. The hallmark of Alzheimer disease is bilateral…
Epilepsy Imaged with PET and SPECT
Epilepsy Imaged with PET and SPECT Alfred Buck Heinz-Gregor Wieser Positron emission tomography (PET) scans are indicated in the presurgical evaluation of epilepsy patients. Most of these patients suffer from…
Imaging of Cerebral Infection with PET
Imaging of Cerebral Infection with PET Alfred Buck Ehab M. Kamel T here are a few clear indications for fluorine 18 (18F) fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET in infectious brain diseases. With MRI…
Brain Tumors: Other Primary Tumors, Metastases, and Radiation Injury Imaged with PET and SPECT
Brain Tumors: Other Primary Tumors, Metastases, and Radiation Injury Imaged with PET and SPECT Ian Law Lise Borgwardt Liselotte Højgaard Approximately half of all malignancies in the brain are gliomas,…
Brain Tumors: Astrocytoma, Oligodendroglioma, and Glioblastoma Images with PET and SPECT
Brain Tumors: Astrocytoma, Oligodendroglioma, and Glioblastoma Images with PET and SPECT Lutz W. Kracht Karl Herholz Stefan Vollmar Andreas H. Jacobs Primary brain tumors arise from different types of brain…
The Normal Brain Scan
The Normal Brain Scan Alfred Buck Valerie Treyer Bruno Weber In order to interpret clinical brain positron emission tomography (PET) scans, it is important to know the appearance of the…
Introduction
Introduction Clinical positron emission tomography (PET) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and integrated imaging of the brain combining PET or SPECT with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography…
