Atlas of Clinical Positron Tomography

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a rapidly developing subspecialty of nuclear medicine which, in a very short space of time, has been shown to have a significant impact on patient management. This comprehensive clinical atlas arises out of the combined experience from two PET centres during the formative years of clinical application. It is presented as a series of rapidly assimilated "mini-lectures", illustrated by real-life case studies, clear concise teaching points and directions for further reading. In each section the authors have identified the key management issues in which clinical PET imaging can be used to good effect, selecting PET images to illustrate each important application, especially in the field of oncology, but also in cardiology, neurology and psychiatry. They offer relevant clinical information on epidemiology, pathology and (in the case of cancer) staging methods in the chapter introductions and, for each area of application, tabulated summaries of current clinical indications for PET scans and suggested algorithms. This book should be of interest to specialists and trainees in nuclear medicine, radiologists and oncologists. 'The strength of this textbook is the spirit of collaboration between nuclear medicine physicians, who are interested and daily involved mostly in the diagnosis of cancer based on positron emission tomography (PET)...the references are carefully selected and up to date.European RadiologyA most welcome, definitive work and should find its place on the bookshelf of most hospitals undertaking or wishing to undertake PET scanning. It is also a source of reference for radiologists who wish to refer patients for further staging of disease.RAD MagazineRecommended as a teaching file for students, for nuclear physicians in training and for those clinicians who want to know what PET is.European Journal of Nuclear Medicine