Clinical Applications of SPECT-CT

This book, now in a revised and updated second edition, covers the full spectrum of clinical applications of SPECT/CT in the diagnosis and therapy planning of benign and malignant diseases. All chapters have been thoroughly updated and some chapters have been completely rewritten by a new group of experts.

The opening chapters discuss the technology and physics of SPECT/CT and its use in dosimetry. The role of SPECT/CT in the imaging of a range of pathologic conditions is then addressed in detail. Applications covered include imaging of the thyroid, neuroendocrine tumors, bone, cardiac scintigraphy, sentinel node scintigraphy and imaging of the lungs. Individual chapters are also devoted to therapy planning in selective internal radiation therapy of liver tumors and to Bremsstrahlung SPECT/CT.

For Nuclear Medicine Physicians, Radiologists and medical students in this field, the book offers an essential and up-to-date source of information on this invaluable hybrid imaging technique.

Technology and Physics of SPECT/CT.- Use of SPECT/CT for dosimetry.- SPECT/CT for parathyroid and thyroid imaging.- SPECT/CT for thyroid cancer imaging.-123Iod-MIBG SPECT/CT for tumor imaging.- SPECT/CT for neuroendocrine tumors.- Bone SPECT/CT in oncology.- Bone SPECT/CT in orthopaedics.- SPECT/CT for cardiac scintigraphy.- SPECT/CT in sentinel node scintigraphy.- Lung SPECT/CT.- Therapy planning in selective internal radiation therapy of liver tumors with SPECT/CT.- Bremsstrahlung SPECT/CT.- Miscellaneous (Brain SPECT/CT, inflammation, radiation planning, GI-Tract).