1st Edition

Hybrid SPECT/CT Imaging in Clinical Practice

Edited By Ora Israel, Stanley J. Goldsmith Copyright 2007
264 Pages 66 Color & 47 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

264 Pages
by CRC Press

Exploring a technology that is significantly impacting the noninvasive evaluation of the physiology and anatomy of tumors, as well as the diagnosis of infectious processes and cardiac diseases, this source presents recent advances and clinical applications of sequential, single session single-photon emission computed tomography and computed tomography imaging. This source is written by pioneers... Read more
INTRODUCTION AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS. Physics and History of SPECT/CT. CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF SPECT/CT IN TUMOR IMAGING. 99mTc-Sestamibi SPECT/CT for Parathyroid Imaging. 131Iodine SPECT/CT for Thyroid Cancer Imaging. 123Iodine MIBG SPECT/CT for Tumor Imaging. 111Indium Octreotide SPECT/CT for Neuroendocrine Tumor Imaging. Bone SPECT/CT in Oncology. 67Gallium SPECT/CT in Imaging of Lymphoma. Sentinal Node Scintigraphic Mapping Using SPECT/CT. SPECT/CT Imaging for Prostate Cancer. SPECT/CT for Dosimetry Calculations. ADDITIONAL AND FUTURE APPLICATIONS OF SPECT/CT. SPECT/CT Attenuation Compensation in Nuclear Cardiology. SPECT/CT in the Evaluation of Infection. SPECT/CT Imaging of Small Animals

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Ora Israel, Stanley J. Goldsmith