Nuclear medicine

This book provides the most recent update on the management of neuroendocrine neoplasia (NEN), a term covering all tumors of various organs and/or with a particular histology, including MEN (multiple endocrine neoplasia) related tumors, MiNEN (mixed neuroendocrine-non-neuroendocrine neoplasms), NEC (neuroendocrine carcinoma) and Merkel's carcinoma.

This book offers a wide-ranging and up-to-date overview of the basic science underlying PET and its preclinical and clinical applications in modern medicine.

This book, now in an extensively revised second edition, summarizes the basic principles of nuclear medicine and describes the clinical applications of commonly used nuclear medicine procedures and techniques.

A highly visual clinical case review of nuclear medicineIdeal for self-assessment, the second edition of Case-Based Nuclear Medicine has been fully updated to reflect the latest nuclear imaging technology, including cutting-edge cardiac imaging systems and the latest on PET/CT.

The book is a practical and concise guide to PET tracers actually useful for PET/CT and PET/MR imaging.

This well-illustrated book, now in a revised and updated second edition, is an up-to-date practical guide to the integration of nuclear medicine into the daily practice of endocrinologists, endocrine surgeons, oncologists, and other professionals involved in the diagnosis and treatment of endocrine disorders.

Nuclear medicine has become an ever-changing and expanding diagnostic and therapeutic medical profession.

Radiology at a Glance The market-leading at a Glance series is popular among healthcare students, and newly qualified practitioners for its concise and simple approach and excellent illustrations.

This issue of MRI Clinics of North America focuses on MR Imaging of the Pancreas, and is edited by Drs.

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.

The primary purpose of this book is to bridge the gap be- tween the practice of clinical medicine and diagnostic radi- ology.

Moderne endokrine Chirurgie erfolgt immer in enger interdisziplinärer Zusammenarbeit mit Internisten, Nuklearmedizinern und Pathologen.

Jan Waldenstrom (1906-1996) was the leading Swedish internist of the twentieth century.

Echocardiography has now reached its maturity and plays a key role in the clinical assessment of cardiac function.

This handbook, written in a clear and precise style, describes the principles of positron emission tomography (PET) and provides detailed information on its application in clinical practice.

100% pure MR imaging of the CNS.

Radiochemical methodology constitutes the most important base for the successful functioning of a PET group in the routine production and development of radiopharmaceuticals.

Nuclear Medicine is a diagnostic modality which aims to image and in some cases quantify physiological processes in the body to highlight disease or injury.

Das vorliegende, sehr praxisnahe Buch wendet sich an alle MTRAs, Schüler und nuklearmedizinisch tätigen Ärzten.

Mit diesem Buch wird erstmals ein klinisch orientiertes Werk zum Thema SPECT des Herzens vorgestellt.

Presented here is the story of the mining and sale of uranium and radium ore through biographical vignettes, chemistry, physics, geology, geography, occupational health, medical utilization, environmental safety and industrial history.

Mankind has evolved in a sea of radiation.

Essential for students, science and medical graduates who want to understand the basic science of Positron Emission Tomography (PET), this book describes the physics, chemistry, technology and overview of the clinical uses behind the science of PET and the imaging techniques it uses.

This book covers all diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of neuro-oncological diseases.

This atlas is a case-based guide to the interpretation of FDG PET-CT images in clinical scenarios faced by physicians during the routine practice of oncology.

The use of MATLAB(R) in clinical Medical Physics is continuously increasing, thanks to new technologies and developments in the field.

This book provides a comprehensive review of the role of molecular imaging in neurodegenerative diseases.

This book is a guide for the constantly growing community of the users of medical thermal imaging.

After World War II, the US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) began mass-producing radioisotopes, sending out nearly 64,000 shipments of radioactive materials to scientists and physicians by 1955.

Standard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a prominent clinical imaging modality used to diagnose and study diseases in vivo.

This book, now published in its second edition, covers a wide range of topics relating to the use of radiopharmaceuticals.

This pocket book provides a comprehensive review of the current use of PET/CT in thyroid cancer, offering a multidisciplinary perspective and explaining the role of PET/CT in relation to other imaging modalities.

This superbly illustrated book combines the systematic approach of a textbook with the simplicity of consultation of an atlas in order to provide a comprehensive guide to the applications and benefits of scintigraphic studies in children.

This book is designed as a reference manual that is exceptional in systematically discussing every aspect of nuclear medicine imaging of infections, with careful explanation of the most up-to-date concepts and recent guidelines on diagnostic flowcharts as shared between the EANM, ESR, ESNR, ESCMID, ESC, EACVI, ECCO, ESGAR and EBJIS.

This is the first textbook dedicated to CEST imaging and covers the fundamental principles of saturation transfer, key features of CEST agents that enable the production of imaging contrast, and practical aspects of preparing image-acquisition and post-processing schemes suited for in vivo applications.

Nuclear Medicine techniques have advanced to such a degree that biochemical transparency of the human body has reached the doorstep of medical application.

This extensively revised edition of this important textbook provides a practical approach to the use of nuclear cardiology for the general cardiologist.

The available textbooks on endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) typically focus on technique and interpretation of commonly observed images and scenarios and are aimed primarily at trainees.

This book offers a practical and modern update on radioisotope therapy.

This book gathers the consensus recommendations on diagnostic procedures in patients with neck masses by the European Head and Neck Society, European Federation of Cytology Societies, European Society of Hybrid Imaging and International Melanoma Pathology Study Group.

A practical how-to manual on breast elastographyThis comprehensive reference covers the principles and techniques used in performing breast elastography, an innovative imaging technology that can dramatically reduce the need for biopsies.

Nuclear medicine is an ever changing subject, and the emphasis and utility of one type of study is often abruptly supplanted by another.

The main purpose of this book is to present emerging neuroimaging data in order to define the role of primary and secondary structural and hemodynamic disturbances in different phases of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to analyze the potential of diffusion tensor MRI, tractography and CT perfusion imaging in evaluating the dynamics of TBI.

Impressive in its overall size and scope, this five-volume reference work provides researchers with the tools to push them into the forefront of the latest research.

This pocket book offers a succinct but comprehensive overview of the role of PET/CT in radiotherapy planning.

For this Workshop, the organizers have attempted to invite experts from all known centers which are engaged in neutron beam development for neutron capture therapy.