Thyroid Cancer Imaging with PET and SPECT Steven M. Larson Ravinder K. Grewal Michael M. Tuttle Well-differentiated thyroid cancer includes papillary follicular and Hürthle cell cancers. In the United States,…
PET and PET-CT of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Hans C. Steinert Lung cancer is the most common cancer in men worldwide and mostly caused by smoking. The risk decreases with…
PET and PET-CT of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Hans C. Steinert Ramon de Juan Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is the most common neoplasm of the pleura and is directly linked to…
PET and PET-CT of Small Cell Lung Cancer Hans C. Steinert Ehab M. Kamel Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is the most aggressive lung cancer. SCLC is characterized by rapid…
FDG-PET-CT in Head and Neck Cancer Christina M. Thuerl Hugh D. Curtin Head and neck cancer is an important topic in oncologic imaging, because imaging findings can aid significantly in…
SPECT-CT and PET-CT of Tumors with an Unknown Primary Gerhard Goerres In patients with a metastasis from an unknown primary, the diagnostic workup is directed according to the site where…
PET-CT and SPECT-CT Body Scans: Artifacts, Normal Variants, Pitfalls, and Findings of Uncertain Pathologic Relevance Gustav K. von Schulthess Identifying pathology on images requires knowledge of the normal. In nuclear…
Sentinel Node Imaging in Head and Neck Tumors Sandro J. Stoeckli Christina M. Thuerl Sentinel node biopsy for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma seems to be able to accurately…
Integrated SPECT-CT and PET-CT in Cardiac Imaging Oliver Gaemperli Tiziano Schepis Gustav K. von Schulthess Philipp A. Kaufmann In cardiac imaging, integration of computed tomography (CT) with single-photon emission computed…
Introduction This part of the book deals mainly with PET-CT and SPECT-CT imaging of tumors for staging and therapy control. Thus, with regard to PET, it is especially concerned with…
