Hybrid SPECT/CT Imaging in Clinical Practice presents recent advances and clinical applications of sequential, single session single-photon emission computed tomography and computed tomography imaging.

Features:

• Helps physicians precisely define and pinpoint the location of tumors at the time of diagnosis and monitor recurrence before making treatment recommendations
• Details methods for use of SPECT/CT sentinel lymph node localization in patients with melanoma, breast cancer, and head and neck malignancies
• Considers the use of SPECT/CT for therapy planning, dosimetry calculations, and outcomes assessment
• Extensively discusses the incidence, distribution, clinical features, and imaging characteristics of tumors detected by nuclear imaging
• Studies the capabilities and limitations of dual-imaging systems
• Tracks advances in the use of small animal metabolic and hybrid imaging for new developments in drug design

Contents

Introduction and Technical Aspects

• Physics and History of SPECT/CT

Clinical Applications of SPECT/CT In Tumor Imaging

• 99mTc-Sestamibi SPECT/CT for Parathyroid Imaging
• 131Iodine SPECT/CT for Thyroid Cancer Imaging
• 123Iodine MIBG SPECT/CT for Tumor Imaging
• 111Indium Octreotide SPECT/CT for Neuroendocrine Tumor Imaging
• Bone SPECT/CT in Oncology
• 67Gallium SPECT/CT in Imaging of Lymphoma
• Sentinal Node Scintigraphic Mapping Using SPECT/CT
• SPECT/CT Imaging for Prostate Cancer
• SPECT/CT for Dosimetry Calculations

Additional and Future Applications of SPECT/CT

• SPECT/CT Attenuation Compensation in Nuclear Cardiology
• SPECT/CT in the Evaluation of Infection
• SPECT/CT Imaging of Small Animals

Index

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