PET/CT for Inflammatory Diseases

This comprehensive guide sheds new light on the benefits of FDG PET/CT in diagnosing inflammatory diseases. Although FDG PET/CT offers an invaluable tool for diagnosing inflammatory diseases, the clinical evidence on its application remains limited.

To remedy this gap, each chapter of this book includes detailed descriptions of how FDG PET/CT can be used in connection with a specific inflammatory disease. Further, the authors discusses the precise clinical presentation, including key images and their interpretation, techniques and diagnosis. As such, it allows readers to see for themselves how valuable FDG PET/CT is for the diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis and aortitis syndrome, as well as rheumatic diseases and neuroimflammation, and the detection of the disease focus of inflammation or fever of unknown origin. Given its scope, this excellent collection is a valuable resource for radiologists and physicians who are involved in nuclear medicine, as well as cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, and rheumatologists.

Presents detailed images to help readers understand the use of FDG PET/CT in diagnosis Describes the application of FDG PET/CT in various inflammatory diseases Offers in-depth insights into FDG PET/CT

Autorentext
Hiroshi Toyama, M.D., Ph.D.,

Department of Radiology,

Fujita Health University

Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

htoyama@fujita-hu.ac.jp

Yaming Li, M.D., Ph.D.,

Department of Nuclear Medicine

The First Hospital of China Medical University

Shenyang, Liaoning, China

ymli2001@163.com

Jun Hatazawa, M.D., Ph.D.,

Specially Appointed Professor,

Joint Research Division for the Quantum Cancer Therapy, Research

Center for Nuclear Physics Osaka University Professor Emeritus, Osaka University,

Suita, Osaka, Japan

hatazawa@tracer.med.osaka-u.ac.jp

Guang Huang, M.D., Ph.D., Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences,

Shanghai, China

huang2802@163.com

Kazuo Kubota, M.D., Ph.D.,

Department of Radiology, Southern TOHOKU General Hospital

Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan

kkubota@cpost.plala.or.jp

Klappentext

This comprehensive guide sheds new light on the benefits of FDG PET/CT in diagnosing inflammatory diseases. Although FDG PET/CT offers an invaluable tool for diagnosing inflammatory diseases, the clinical evidence on its application remains limited. To remedy this gap, each chapter of this book includes detailed descriptions of how FDG PET/CT can be used in connection with a specific inflammatory disease. Further, the authors discusses the precise clinical presentation, including key images and their interpretation, techniques and diagnosis. As such, it allows readers to see for themselves how valuable FDG PET/CT is for the diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis and aortitis syndrome, as well as rheumatic diseases and neuroimflammation, and the detection of the disease focus of inflammation or fever of unknown origin. Given its scope, this excellent collection is a valuable resource for radiologists and physicians who are involved in nuclear medicine, as well as cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, and rheumatologists.

Inhalt

1. Basic science of PET imaging for inflammatory diseases.- 2. FDG PET/CT in Patients with Inflammation or Fever of Unknown Origin (IUO & FUO).- 3. FDG-PET/CT for a Variety of Infectious Diseases.- 4. Hematological Diseases Mimic Inflammation.- 5. FDG-PET/CT for Large-Vessel Vasculitis.- 6. FDG PET/CT for Rheumatic Diseases (Collagen Diseases).- 7. FDG PET/CT for Sarcoidosis.- 8. PET/CT for Neuroinflammation.