Practical FDG Imaging: A Teaching File
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (871 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0387952926 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 398 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Ron (Nashville, TN) said Delbeke et al hit a home run. Textbooks are usually out of date by the time they are in print. Not so with Delbeke et al's new Practical FDG Imaging! This book is not only timely but excellent, written by outstanding clinical physicians and physicists who are also world-reknown educators. It is a very practical, "real world" book that is released at a critical time of explosive growth in FDG PET imaging. It stands alone in filling a badly needed niche in the education of imagers using this new technology.The early chapters on the history of PET and the physics of
Part two is devoted to the clinical applications in the fields of neurology, cardiology and oncology.. This book is ideal for nuclear and radiology medicine residents, as well as those practitioners who need to become familiar with this technology. PRACTICAL FDG IMAGING provides the reader with a reference source of cases with FDG images obtained both on dedicated PET tomographs and hybrid scintillation cameras. The cases are presented in thorough depth so that they are of value to both specialists and residents in training who need to learn the indications and interpretations of FDG images and the advantages and limitations of hybrid scintillation cameras compared to dedicated PET tomographs. The first part of the book concentrates on the technical aspects of FDG imaging
29 (11), 2002). Pauwels, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Vol. … the basic science chapters are practical and concise. For the imaging specialist, the text gives a good idea of which information the referring physician needs to know. … Nuclear medicine physicians, radiologists, oncologists, nuclear medicine residents, radiology residents will all benefit from having this book in their hands as a reference for building confidence in PET images interpretation. It can be strongly recommended." (Anders Sundin, Acta Radiologica, Vol. Both camera-based and dedicated PE