Hematologic imaging
Introduction Blood malignancies account for approximately 10% of newly diagnosed malignant tumors in the United States. While a large number of different blood cancer entities exist, three main groups are…
Pediatrics imaging
Acknowledgments This work was in part supported by a grant from the National Cancer Institute, grant number R01CA269231, and the Sarcoma Foundation of America. We thank Mehdi Khalighi, Dawn Holley,…
Cardiovascular imaging
Acknowledgments We would like to thank Sabine Frank, Susan Notohamiprodjo and Alberto Villagran for their assistance preparing this chapter. Introduction In recent years, numerous imaging modalities have been developed to…
Neurologic imaging
Acknowledgments VG has received funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (project n. 185028, 188355 and 169876), the Velux Foundation, the Schmidheiny Foundation and research/teaching support through her institution from…
Thoracic imaging
Clinical management of malignancies of the chest Lung cancer Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in men and women worldwide with a 5-year survival of only around…
Head and neck imaging
Introduction The region of the head and neck involves complex anatomic structures, including the skull base, temporal bone, orbit, oral cavity, paranasal sinuses, and aerodigestive tract. Various kinds of pathology,…
Radiopharmaceuticals and contrast agents
Introduction to PET radiopharmaceuticals and radionuclides PET radiopharmaceuticals are radioactive tracers used for diagnostic purposes in PET imaging. They consist of two main components, a positron-emitting radionuclide and a tracer/carrier…
PET/MRI: technical and methodological aspects
Introduction Multimodal information is often required for diagnostic or research purposes as each imaging technique provides complementary data, for example about anatomy, physiology, or metabolism. Positron emission tomography (PET) measures…
Case reviews 166–184
Outline Topic 10, Figure 359 Case 166, Figure 360 Case 167, Figure 361 Case 168, Figure 362 Case 169, Figures 363–365 Case 170, Figure 366 Case 171, Figures 367–370 Case…
Answer key
Chapter 1: Case reviews 1–18 2. a. The top of the screen is inferior on the patient. b. The uterus is anteverted with the fundus directed anteriorly (screen left on Fig….
