Thyroid Cancer and Thyroid Imaging Michele Brenner Richard L. Wahl This chapter is designed to serve as a guide to clinicians seeking to better understand the role of positron emission…

Lung Cancer Patrick J. Peller Val J. Lowe Lung cancer is the most common cancer in the United States with an estimated 175,000 new cases and 163,000 deaths annually. Lung…

Central Nervous System Michael J. Fulham Armin Mohamed Central nervous system (CNS) tumors can be separated into primary brain tumors and cerebral metastases. The main emphasis in this chapter is…

Artifacts and Normal Variants in FDG PET Paul Shreve Chuong Dac Huy Bui Advances in positron emission tomography (PET) capability and widespread recognition of the value of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET…

Central Nervous System Michael J. Fulham Armin Mohamed Central nervous system (CNS) tumors can be separated into primary brain tumors and cerebral metastases. The main emphasis in this chapter is…

Data Analysis and Image Processing Robert Koeppe The goal of positron emission tomography (PET) is to make use of tracers labeled with positron-emitting radionuclides for the purposes of diagnostic imaging….

Monitoring Response to Treatment Anthony F. Shields Clinical imaging of many types, including x-ray, nuclear, and ultrasound techniques, is widely used to detect and stage cancer. After detection and staging…

PET and PET/CT in Radiation Oncology Michael P. Mac Manus Rodney J. Hicks Most patients with malignant disease require radiation therapy at some point in their illness. At many institutions,…

How to Optimize CT for PET/CT Gerald Antoch Andreas Bockisch Dual-modality positron emission tomography plus computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging systems permit the combined acquisition of functional and morphological data within…

Principles of Cancer Imaging with 18-F Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) Richard L. Wahl Anatomic imaging has been the fundamental approach to cancer imaging for more than 100 years. The continued utility of…