Overview
With contributions from leaders in the PET community, the book is a valuable overview of the basic principles and clinical applications of PET. Emphasis is placed on the familiarization of normal distribution, artifacts, and common imaging agents such as FDG in conjunction with CT, MRI, and US to establish the clinical effectiveness of PET. Practical understanding of updated PET scanners, image process and quantification of PET measurements is also discussed. The book is divided into two sections, with the first 7 chapters dealing with the basic principles of PET for instrumentation, fusion, radiopharmaceuticals, radiosynthesis, safety and cost analysis, and the following 16 chapters focusing on the clinical techniques and indications of PET. There is also a unique atlas as well as comprehensive coverage on essential clinical PET studies in neurology, cardiology and oncology.
As PET continues to undergo spectacular growth in the fields of nuclear medicine, radiology, and oncology, "Textbook of Clinical PET" is meant to provide a practical guide that helps nuclear medicine practitioners, radiologists, oncologists, and neurologists navigate the complexity of PET interpretation.
Synopsis
With contributions from leaders in the PET community, Textbook of Clinical PET is a valuable overview of the basic principles and clinical applications of PET. Emphasis is placed on the familiarization of normal distribution, artifacts, and common imaging agents such as FDG in conjunction with CT, MRI, and US to establish the clinical effectiveness of PET. Practical understanding of updated PET scanners, image process and quantification of PET measurements is also discussed. The book is divided into two sections, with the first 7 chapters dealing with the basic principles of PET for instrumentation, fusion, radiopharmaceuticals, radiosynthesis, safety and cost analysis, and the following 16 chapters focusing on the clinical techniques and indications of PET. There is also a unique atlas as well as comprehensive coverage on essential clinical PET studies in neurology, cardiology and oncology. Textbook of Clinical PET provides a practical guide that helps nuclear medicine practitioners, radiologists, oncologists, and neurologists navigate the complexity of PET interpretation.
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Reviewer:Scott R. Broadwell, M.D.(University of Colorado Health Sciences Center)
Description:As the title might suggest, this book is broken into two sections: the first deals with principles of PET imaging including physics, economics, technical considerations, normal variants, and artifacts and the second is dedicated to the various clinical applications for which PET is commonly used including chapters covering uses in oncology, infectious and inflammatory conditions, neurologic diseases, and cardiology.
Purpose:According to the authors, the purpose is to provide "comprehensive information on the basic principles and clinical applications of PET" with emphasis placed on "the familiarization of normal distribution, artifacts, and pitfalls of common agents such as FDG in conjunction with CT, MRI, and US to establish the clinical effectiveness of PET." The objectives are sound given the rapidly burgeoning use of PET and the relative dearth of comprehensive books on PET imaging. In their endeavor, the authors have been very successful and the goals are met.
Audience:The intended target audience for the book includes practicing diagnostic radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and clinicians. To the intended audience, I would add senior radiology residents. Additionally, fully one half of the book is dedicated to basic principles, which while extremely important to those generating and interpreting PET images, may be uninteresting to all but the most masochistic of clinicians. The authors are a very well qualified, international group who themselves have made original contributions to the body of scientific literature.
Features:The book is very well illustrated, concise, logically-envisioned and executed. The book's value is that it comprehensively covers a modality of imaging which is much used but not always well understood. It should prove to be a valuable resource to those in training, and especially to those in practice. Perhaps the only limitation the book has is that the use of PET and the newer technique of PET-CT continues to explode and with it so does the PET literature. The up-to-date references to the literature are extensive, which currently is a strength, but may become a liability in the near future. Even more so than other radiology books, this one will be prone to rapid aging.
Assessment:This is one of the few currently available comprehensive works on the subject. A direct comparison is exceedingly difficult as there is no quintessential reference. This book would make an excellent addition to more general nuclear medicine textbooks such as Essentials of Nuclear Medicine Imaging by Mettler and Guiberteau, 4th Edition (Elsevier, 1998) or Nuclear Medicine: The Requisites by Thrall and Ziessman, 2nd Edition (Elsevier Science, 2001).
Editorials
Reviewer: Scott R. Broadwell, M.D.(University of Colorado Health Sciences Center)
Description: As the title might suggest, this book is broken into two sections: the first deals with principles of PET imaging including physics, economics, technical considerations, normal variants, and artifacts and the second is dedicated to the various clinical applications for which PET is commonly used including chapters covering uses in oncology, infectious and inflammatory conditions, neurologic diseases, and cardiology.
Purpose: According to the authors, the purpose is to provide "comprehensive information on the basic principles and clinical applications of PET" with emphasis placed on "the familiarization of normal distribution, artifacts, and pitfalls of common agents such as FDG in conjunction with CT, MRI, and US to establish the clinical effectiveness of PET." The objectives are sound given the rapidly burgeoning use of PET and the relative dearth of comprehensive books on PET imaging. In their endeavor, the authors have been very successful and the goals are met.
Audience: The intended target audience for the book includes practicing diagnostic radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and clinicians. To the intended audience, I would add senior radiology residents. Additionally, fully one half of the book is dedicated to basic principles, which while extremely important to those generating and interpreting PET images, may be uninteresting to all but the most masochistic of clinicians. The authors are a very well qualified, international group who themselves have made original contributions to the body of scientific literature.
Features: The book is very well illustrated, concise, logically-envisioned and executed. The book's value is that it comprehensively covers a modality of imaging which is much used but not always well understood. It should prove to be a valuable resource to those in training, and especially to those in practice. Perhaps the only limitation the book has is that the use of PET and the newer technique of PET-CT continues to explode and with it so does the PET literature. The up-to-date references to the literature are extensive, which currently is a strength, but may become a liability in the near future. Even more so than other radiology books, this one will be prone to rapid aging.
Assessment: This is one of the few currently available comprehensive works on the subject. A direct comparison is exceedingly difficult as there is no quintessential reference. This book would make an excellent addition to more general nuclear medicine textbooks such as Essentials of Nuclear Medicine Imaging by Mettler and Guiberteau, 4th Edition (Elsevier, 1998) or Nuclear Medicine: The Requisites by Thrall and Ziessman, 2nd Edition (Elsevier Science, 2001).