Clinical Atlas of PET -- With Imaging Correlation [Hardcover]

Michael S. Kipper MD (Author), Marie Tartar MD (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0721639267 | ISBN-13: 978-0721639260 | Publication Date: November 21, 2003 | Edition: 1

This user-friendly atlas demonstrates all of the major clinical applications of PET scanning. Its case-based approach-with teaching points, pitfalls, and "mimics"-presents all of the material in a concise and practical manner. And, correlative cross-sectional images illustrate the clinical features depicted in PET findings.

• Demonstrates the advantages and limitations of PET imaging in the investigation of cancer, neurological disorders, myocardial viability, and more.
  
• Delivers more than 1,100 state-of-the-art images of outstanding quality.
  
• Offers correlative plain film, MR, CT, ultrasound, and nuclear imaging studies to help readers recognize what various PET findings depict.
  
• Captures the wide range of normal and pathologic PET findings seen in all relevant body areas, and points out the many interpretation pitfalls, including normal and benign variants.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This book is a concise and organized approach to the most commonly encountered topics facing physicians interpreting PET scans." --AJR:184, Jan. 2005

"In general, the spectrum of disease covered in each section is impressive. After reading this book, physicians should feel comfortable understanding the added advantages and major applications of PET. This text can certainly help with confident image interpretation and provide information for educating referring physicians." --AJR:184, Jan. 2005

"This is an outstanding Atlas in which the authors have used the case-base approach in patients who have had FDG PET studies. The authors have provided an excellent source of PET images that are complementary to anatomic based imaging modalities, principally CT and MRI...The case-base approach is unusually effective in highlighting PET in relation to patient care and the pitfalls that one encounters." -Clinical Nuclear Medicine, Dec. 2004

About the Author

Michael S. Kipper, MD, Radiology Medical Group, Assistant Professor of Radiology, University of California at San Diego, Scripps - Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA; and Marie Tartar, MD, Medical Director, PET and Breast Imaging, North County Radiology, Tri City Medical Center, Oceanside, CA; Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Radiology, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA

Product Details

• Hardcover: 448 pages
• Publisher: Saunders; 1 edition (November 21, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0721639267
• ISBN-13: 978-0721639260
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,788,260 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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