Main description:

In the new edition of this very successful book, European and North American experts present the state of the art in diagnostic and therapeutic radionuclide procedures. The aim is to examine established and emerging clinical applications in detail, rather than to consider everything included in the comprehensive texts already available within the field. This "practical" approach ensures that the book will be a valuable guide for nuclear medicine physicians, technologists, students, and interested clinicians alike. This edition of Clinical Nuclear Medicine has been extensively revised to take account of recent developments. The roles of SPECT/CT, PET/CT, and PET/MRI are clearly explained and illustrated, and the coverage extended to encompass, for example, novel PET tracers and therapeutic radionuclides, advanced techniques of brain imaging, and the development of theranostics. Readers will be fully persuaded of the ever-increasing value of nuclear medicine techniques in depicting physiology and function and complementing anatomic modalities such as CT, MRI, and ultrasound.

Contents:

Physics, Instrumentation, and Radiation Protection.- Radiochemistry and Radiopharmacy.-Brain.- Heart.- Lung.- PET and PET/CT in Lung Cancer.- Liver, Spleen and Biliary Tree.- Kidney.- Lower Genitourinary Tracti.- Gastrointestinal System.- Musculoskeletal System.- Malignant Melanoma and Soft Tissue Sarcomas.- Sentinel Node Biopsy and Occult Lesion Localization in Early Breast Cancer.- FDG-PET and PET-CT Imaging of Head and Neck Cancers.- The Endocrine System.- Nuclear Hematology.- Hodgkin's Disease and Lymphomas.- Scintigraphic Detection of Infection and Inflammation.- The Relevance of PET in Diagnostic Oncology.- Miscellaneous diagnostics.- Practical Considerations in the Radionuclide Imaging of Children.- Radioiodine Therapy for Benign Thyroid Disease.- Radioiodine Therapy: Malignant Thyroid Disease.- Radionuclide Therapy of

Bone Metastases.- Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy.- Neuroendocrine Tumors (MIBG).- Radioimmunotherapy.- Intra-arterial Therapy of Liver Tumours.- Radioisotope Therapy of Malignant Pleural and Peritoneal Effusions.- Radiosynoviorthesis (Radiation Synovectomy).- Miscellaneous.