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Fundamentals of CT in PET/CT

Aug 25, 2016 by in ULTRASONOGRAPHY Comments Off on Fundamentals of CT in PET/CT

Fundamentals of CT in PET/CT Mahadevappa Mahesh Imaging modalities are commonly differentiated as functional or anatomical in nature. However, both categories of information are complementary and when combined allow integration…

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Image Fusion

Aug 25, 2016 by in ULTRASONOGRAPHY Comments Off on Image Fusion

Image Fusion Charles R. Meyer Richard L. Wahl Functional imaging with positron emission tomography (PET) is normally performed as a tomographic technique designed to trace a specific biological process with…

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Standardized Uptake Values

Aug 25, 2016 by in ULTRASONOGRAPHY Comments Off on Standardized Uptake Values

Standardized Uptake Values Richard L. Wahl Positron emission tomography (PET) and PET/CT (computed tomography) are inherently quantitative techniques. Properly performed attenuation-corrected images from well-calibrated scanners accurately reflect radioactivity concentrations in…

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PET Physics and PET Instrumentation

Aug 25, 2016 by in ULTRASONOGRAPHY Comments Off on PET Physics and PET Instrumentation

PET Physics and PET Instrumentation Timothy G. Turkington Positron emission tomography (PET) quantitatively measures the biodistribution of positron emitting radiotracers in vivo. Positrons emitted from positron-emitting radioisotopes radiotracers, which travel…

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Radiotracer Chemistry

Aug 25, 2016 by in ULTRASONOGRAPHY Comments Off on Radiotracer Chemistry

Radiotracer Chemistry Joanna S. Fowler Yu-Shin Ding Over the past 35 years, advances in radiotracer chemistry and positron emission tomography (PET) instrumentation have merged to make PET a powerful scientific…

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Production of Radionuclides for PET

Aug 25, 2016 by in ULTRASONOGRAPHY Comments Off on Production of Radionuclides for PET

Production of Radionuclides for PET Ronald D. Finn David J. Schlyer Coupled with the advancement in noninvasive cross-sectional imaging techniques to identify structural alterations in diseased tissues, there have been…

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Cardiac failure and pulmonary oedema

Aug 20, 2016 by in ULTRASONOGRAPHY Comments Off on Cardiac failure and pulmonary oedema

26 Cardiac failure and pulmonary oedema Fig. 26.1A Pulmonary oedema due to heart failure. Mild. Background The commonest causes of pulmonary oedema encountered by the on-call doctor are cardiac failure…

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Aggressive versus benign bone processes

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49 Aggressive versus benign bone processes The following table of x-rays summarizes features of benign and aggressive lytic (destructive) processes in bone. These are areas of increased lucency in bone….

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Pneumothorax

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18 Pneumothorax Fig. 18.1A This erect radiograph shows a right-sided simple pneumothorax. Background Causes • Spontaneous (in tall males, Marfan syndrome) • Secondary to chronic lung disease – asthma/COPD •…

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