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
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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….
Case reviews 151–165
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Case reviews 112–128
Outline Topic 7, Figure 239 Case 112, Figure 240 Case 113, Figures 241–243 Case 114, Figures 244–246 Case 115, Figure 247 Case 116, Figure 248 Case 117, Figure 249 Case…
