PET/CT in Gynecological Cancers (Clinicians’ Guides to Radionuclide Hybrid Imaging) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3319292471 ISBN 13: 9783319292472

Publisher: Springer, 2016

Synopsis

This book is a pocket guide to the science and practice of PET/CT imaging of gynecological malignancies. The scientific principles of PET/CT, the radiopharmaceuticals used in the context of gynecological cancers, the role of PET/CT in these patients, the characteristic PET/CT findings, and limitations and pitfalls are all clearly described. In addition, information is provided on clinical presentation, diagnosis, staging, pathology, management, and radiological imaging. The book is published within the Springer series Clinicians' Guides to Hybrid Imaging, which is aimed at referring clinicians, nuclear medicine/radiology physicians, radiographers/technologists, and nurses who routinely work in nuclear medicine and participate in multidisciplinary meetings. Compiled under the auspices of the British Nuclear Medicine Society, the series is the joint work of many colleagues and professionals worldwide who share a common vision and purpose in promoting and supporting nuclear medicine as an important imaging specialty for the diagnosis and management of oncological and non-oncological conditions.

About this title

About the Author:

Tara Barwick is a dual accredited Consultant in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London and Imperial College London.  Her main clinical and research interests are hybrid imaging with SPECT/CT and PET/CT, particularly in genitourinary cancer. 

Andrea Rockall is a Consultant Radiologist and Visiting Professor of Radiology at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Imperial College London.  She has a special interest in gynaecologic, urologic and endocrine imaging as well as functional imaging in genitourinary cancer.  She is currently the Chair of the Female Pelvic Imaging Group of the European Society of Uroradiology. 

Review:

“The book cover states that it is aimed at referring clinicians, nuclear medicine physicians and radiologists as well as technologists and radiographers. ... the book is sufficiently wide in its range that there is probably something here for all of the intended audience.” (Dr. Patrick Fielding, RAD Magazine, Vol. 31, February, 2017)

“This volume provides an overview of the modality, as well as other modalities used in the evaluation of this patient population. ... The book is well suited to meet the needs of clinicians. ... Intended as a pocket guide for clinicians caring for patients with these malignancies, the book provides a high-level overview without delving deeply into the topic. It hits the mark for this purpose.” (Tara Catanzano, Doody's Book Reviews, September, 2016)

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 3319292471
• ISBN 13: 9783319292472
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 136
• Editor: Barwick Tara, Rockall Andrea