This work has true international scope, being a unique European/American joint venture that focuses on the state of the art in both diagnostic and therapeutic radionuclide methodology. Pertinent clinical applications are emphasized rather than attempting to cover everything included in the several large comprehensive texts available in our field. This "practical" approach should make it an essential guide to nuclear medicine physicians, technologists, students and interested clinicians alike.

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.

99mTc-sestamibi is a single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) radiotracer that is widely used for the imaging of myocardial perfusion, as well as a variety of malignant and benign diseases. 99mTc-Sestamibi - Clinical Applications provides a detailed and informative overview of almost all the oncologic and non-oncologic applications of 99mTc-sestamibi SPECT, including several relatively rare indications. Different disease-related protocols for 99mTc-sestamibi SPECT are presented, and for each disease a comprehensive summary of the relevant pathology and epidemiology is provided. Throughout, there is a strong emphasis on the practical aspects of use of this popular tracer, including instructions for the preparation of several commercially available tracer kits. Clinical practitioners will find this book to be an invaluable guide to the application and benefits of 99mTc-sestamibi SPECT in both the inpatient and the outpatient setting.

Das Buch PET in der Onkologie zeigt Grundlagen auf und gibt eine Einfuhrung in die Praxis. Es bietet instruktive Informationen und UEbersichten in einfacher und uberschaubarer Form zu physikalischen, biologischen und biochemischen Grundlagen. Daruber hinaus werden die klinischen Ergebnisse in der Diagnostik bei den verschiedenen onkologischen Erkrankungen dargestellt. Es dient dem Facharzt fur Nuklearmedizin und dem onkologisch tatigen Mediziner als Nachschlagewerk; den Facharzten anderer Richtungen und Studenten der Medizin, Physik und Biologie bietet es neben den genannten Grundlagen auch einen UEberblick uber den Einsatz in der klinischen Routinediagnostik. Dabei wird insbesondere auch der Stellenwert von PET im Vergleich zu den ubrigen bildgebenden Verfahren dargestellt.