Atlas of Hybrid Imaging Sectional Anatomy for PET/CT, PET/MRI and SPECT/CT Vol. 1: Brain and Neck: Sectional Anatomy for PET/CT, PET/MRI and SPECT/CT

By Mario Leporace, Ferdinando Calabria, Eugenio Gaudio and 3 more

For the first time, in this atlas nuclear physicians and radiologists cover the entire hybrid nuclear medicine (PET/CT, SPECT/CT and PET/MRI), based on their own case studies.

The structure in three volumes represents an user friendly guide for interpreting PET and SPECT in relation to co-registered CT and/or MRI.

Three companion volumes with a practical structure in two-page unit offer to the reader a navigational tool, based on anatomical districts, with labeled and explained low-dose multiplanar CT or MRI views merged with PET fusion imaging on the right hand and contrast enhanced CT or MRI on the other side. This new format enables rapid identification of hybrid nuclear medicine findings which are now routine at leading medical centers.

Volume 1 is focused on brain and neck PET imaging, with emphasis on PET/MRI; Volume 2 concerns thorax, abdomen and pelvis, with particular attention on lung and liver segmental anatomy and evaluation of peritoneum. Special chapters on heart, lymph nodes and musculoskeletal system, are collected in the Volume 3.

Each chapter begins with three-dimensional CT and/or MRI views of the evaluated anatomical region, bringing forward sectional tables.

Clinical cases, tricks and pitfalls linked to several PET or SPECT radiopharmaceuticals help to introduce the reader to peculiar molecular pathways and to improve confidence in cross-sectional imaging, that is vital for the accurate diagnosis and treatment of diseases.

• Compact, comprehensive, easy to read guide to sectional imaging and multiplanar evaluation of hybrid PET and SPECT
• Includes 856 fully colored, labeled, high quality original images of axial, coronal and sagittal CT, contrast enhanced CT, PET/CT and/or PET/MRI
• Displays 200 clinical cases, showcasing both common and unusual findings that nuclear physicians and radiologists could encounter in their clinical practice
• Costant orthogonal references on 3D images allow orientation on axial, coronal and sagittal views
• Peculiar aspects of 18 PET and SPECT radiopharmaceuticals, defined by distinctive color scales
• Terms and descriptions mostly based on Terminologia Anatomica
• Specific text boxes explain anatomical variants, radiological advices and physiological findings linked to tracer bio-distribution
• Supports interpretation and report of hybrid nuclear medicine scans
• For professionals and vocationals

• Language: English
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Release date: Apr 4, 2023
• ISBN: 9780323904551

Mario Leporace

Hospital doctor in the Department of Nuclear Medicine and Theranostics, “Mariano Santo” Hospital, Cosenza, Italy. Graduated in Medicine at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” in 2001; Specialization in Radiology in 2005.

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Atlas of Hybrid Imaging

Sectional Anatomy for PET/CT, PET/MRI and SPECT/CT Vol. 1: Brain and Neck

Mario Leporace

Department of Nuclear Medicine and Theranostics, Cosenza Hospital, Italy

Ferdinando Calabria

Department of Nuclear Medicine and Theranostics, Cosenza Hospital, Italy

Eugenio Gaudio

Department of Human Anatomy, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Orazio Schillaci

Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy

Alfonso Ciaccio

Department of Nuclear Medicine and Theranostics, Cosenza Hospital, Italy

Antonio Bagnato

Department of Nuclear Medicine and Theranostics, Cosenza Hospital, Italy

Table of Contents

Cover image

Title page

Copyright

Dedication

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Brain

1.1. PET/CT

1.2. PET/MRI

1.3. Clinical cases, tricks, and pitfalls

Chapter 2. Neck and maxillofacial region

Introduction: 3D-CT volume rendering of anatomy

2.1. PET/MRI

2.2. Clinical cases, tricks, and pitfalls

Index

Copyright

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Dedication

To my wife Fedora, my great love, and Luigivittorio and Niccolò, my beloved children. ML

To Giuliana, my best friend and one true love, and to Vittoria and Francesca Junia, the sweetest things of our life. FC

To Ida, my beloved wife. EG

To Nicoletta, Maria Beatrice, and Agnese Felicia. OS

To my father Severino, better than a hundred teachers. AC

To Mariella. AB

Preface

The advent of hybrid scanners in nuclear medicine has considerably improved quality of the discipline.

To date, SPECT/CT and PET/CT play a crucial role in diagnosis, treatment planning, and assessment of response to therapy in oncology, with novel applications in neurology, cardiology, and infectious diseases. More recently, PET/MRI has considerably enlarged the panorama of hybrid imaging and is opening new challenges in neurooncology, oncology, and neurodegenerative disorders.

In fact, the high sensitivity provided by nuclear medicine imaging finds a valid counterpart in the better specificity provided by the low-dose CT, generally associated with PET, and, when possible, SPECT scans.

The added value of this coregistered low-dose CT is defined by a better diagnostic accuracy due to higher specificity, allowing adequate anatomical localization of pathologic functional findings and accurate depiction of false-positive or false-negative cases that can occur