7 SPECT and SPECT/CT in Neoplastic Disease
10.1055/b-0038-149739 7 SPECT and SPECT/CT in Neoplastic DiseaseKatherine A. Zukotynski, Victor H. Gerbaudo, and Chun K. Kim 7.1 Introduction Planar imaging has been used for decades to detect sites of…
8 SPECT and SPECT/CT for the Skeletal System
10.1055/b-0038-149740 8 SPECT and SPECT/CT for the Skeletal SystemHyewon Hyun, Chun K. Kim, and Katherine A. Zukotynski 8.1 Introduction Skeletal scintigraphy is one of the most commonly requested general nuclear…
6 SPECT and SPECT/CT for the Respiratory System
10.1055/b-0038-149738 6 SPECT and SPECT/CT for the Respiratory SystemPaul J. Roach and Geoffrey P. Schembri 6.1 Introduction Since its first description by Wagner et al in 1964, 1 the planar…
9 SPECT/CT for Infection and Inflammation
10.1055/b-0038-149741 9 SPECT/CT for Infection and InflammationChristopher J. Palestra 9.1 Introduction The detection and localization of inflammation and infection with nuclear medicine techniques have been studied for nearly half a…
11 Selected Interesting SPECT and SPECT/CT Cases
10.1055/b-0038-149743 11 Selected Interesting SPECT and SPECT/CT CasesSamuel E. Almodóvar, Padma Manapragada, Katherine A. Zukotynski, and Chun K. Kim 11.1 Introduction This chapter provides several illustrative cases in which single-photon…
4 SPECT/CT for the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands with Cases
10.1055/b-0038-149736 4 SPECT/CT for the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands with CasesElisa Franquet-Elía and Kevin J. Donohoe 4.1 Introduction Single-photon emission computed tomography/ computed tomography (SPECT/CT) has substantially improved patient care…
10 SPECT in Children
10.1055/b-0038-149742 10 SPECT in ChildrenFrederick D. Grant 10.1 Introduction Soon after the availability of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), it was used for imaging children. 1 As SPECT cameras became…
5 SPECT and SPECT/CT for the Cardiovascular System
10.1055/b-0038-149737 5 SPECT and SPECT/CT for the Cardiovascular SystemStephen J. Horgan and Sharmila Dorbala 5.1 Introduction Cardiac single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is widely used for the evaluation of myocardial…
3 SPECT and SPECT/CT in Neuroscience
10.1055/b-0038-149735 3 SPECT and SPECT/CT in NeuroscienceTarun Singhal and Chun K. Kim 3.1 Radiopharmaceuticals for Brain SPECT Imaging Brain perfusion agents: for example, technetium-99 m (99mTc)-ethyl cysteinate dimer (ECD) and…
Basic Principles of SPECT and SPECT/CT and Quality Control
10.1055/b-0038-149733 1 Basic Principles of SPECT and SPECT/CT and Quality ControlFrederic H. Fahey 1.1 Introduction Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) can provide a tomographic representation of the in vivo distribution…
