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Article: Clinical PET and PET/CT
- Article from:
- The Journal of Nuclear Medicine
- Article date:
- April 1, 2006
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CopyrightCopyright Society of Nuclear Medicine Apr 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Clinical PET and PET/CT H. Jadvar and J. A. Parker New York, NY: Springer, 2005, 279 pages, $69.95
This is a small book consisting of 279 pages that are divided into 18 chapters. The first chapter covers in reasonable detail the basic physics of and instrumentation used in PET and PET/ CT in an effort to describe the technical aspects of the cameras and imaging requirements. The second chapter covers mainly the radiopharmaceuticals commonly used in clinical PET. A brief chapter with no clear structure follows on PET cardiology and neurology. The remaining chapters focus on the different oncologic PET applications classified by organ or body system. The oncology chapters cover most of the ...