By Gustav K. von Schulthess MD PhD

This totally up to date moment variation is ideal for clinicians, because it focuses sharply on medical PET-CT and SPECT-CT examinations, omitting long physics discussions. The publication is now strictly ailment orientated and integrates PET-CT and SPECT-CT functions thoroughly. while either suggestions are appropriate for a disorder, they're mentioned jointly; while just one is suitable, it truly is mentioned by myself. greater than 1,200 illustrations rfile using built-in imaging and supply very invaluable reference fabric for reading built-in imaging studies.

A bound-in DVD comprises over eighty situations to be seen in 3 orthogonal planes and varied CT home windows equipped as reference and self-assessment documents. The instances offer very good education and self-assessment fabric. Readers can use the DVD to augment the book's illustrations or to check their talents in making diagnoses on their own.

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When a positron is emitted from the nucleus, it interacts randomly with the surrounding tissue, losing energy until it annihilates with an electron, producing two photons of 511 keV, corresponding to the rest masses of the electron and positron. ” The two photons are emitted essentially in opposite directions at an angle of 180 degrees, although the angle may be slightly less when the electron–positron system is not at rest. The two photons are detected in coincidence by the PET scanner (Fig. 1).

Diffuse freely, such as oxygen 15 [15O]water. After extraction, a tracer will either follow a particular metabolic pathway or bind to a particular receptor system before being washed out of the tissue. Generally, the process is dynamic, and the tracer concentration in the tissue will change continuously with time. One exception is the widely used glucose analogue fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) (2-fluorine 18 [18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose), which becomes trapped in the tissue and reaches a near equilibrium state approximately 60 to 90 minutes after injection.

1. The A PERFORMANCE LIMITS OF PET SCANNERS The performance limits of a PET scanner may be expressed in terms of spatial, temporal, and contrast resolution.

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