PET/CT Imaging: Basics and Practice (Clinicians’ Guides to Radionuclide Hybrid Imaging)

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
1: Basic Principles of PET/CT Imaging
	1.1	 Introduction
	1.2	 Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
	1.3	 PET Scanning
	1.4	 Imaging with [Fluorine-18] FDG PET
	1.5	 Artefacts
	References
2: Physics of PET and Respiratory Gating
	2.1	 PET Physics
	2.2	 Reconstruction
	2.3	 PET Tracers
	2.4	 PET Images
	2.5	 Respiratory Gating
	2.6	 Recent Developments
	References
3: The Physics of PET/CT for Radiotherapy Planning
	References
4: 18F-FDG and Non-FDG PET Radiopharmaceuticals
	4.1	 Introduction
	4.2	 PET Radiopharmaceuticals
		4.2.1	 18F-FDG
		4.2.2	 Non-FDG Radiopharmaceuticals
	4.3	 Conclusion
	References
5: PET/CT Imaging: Patient Instructions and Preparation
	5.1	 Introduction
	5.2	 Patient Preparation
	5.3	 Timing of FDG PET Scan After Treatment
	References
6: 18F-FDG PET/CT Imaging: Normal Variants, Pitfalls and Artefacts
	6.1	 Introduction
	6.2	 Conclusions
	References
7: 68Ga-DOTA-Peptides PET/CT: Physiological Biodistribution, Variants and Pitfalls
	7.1	 Introduction
	7.2	 Pathological Uptake
	7.3	 Physiological Distribution
	7.4	 Pitfalls and Artefacts
	7.5	 Conclusion
	References
8: 18F-methylcholine (FCH) PET/CT Imaging: Physiological Distribution, Pitfalls and Imaging Pearls
	8.1	 Physiological Tracer Distribution
	8.2	 Applications
	8.3	 False Positive FCH Uptake
	8.4	 False Negative Interpretation of FCH PET/CT (Table 8.5)
	References
9: 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT: Normal Variants, Pitfalls and Artefacts
	9.1	 Introduction
	9.2	 Clinical Utility of 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT
	9.3	 PSMA Expression in Prostate Carcinomas
	9.4	 PSMA Expression in Non-prostatic Tissues
	9.5	 Pitfalls and Limitations 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT
	References
10: 18F-NaF PET/CT Imaging
	10.1	 Introduction
	10.2	 Pharmacokinetics and Mechanism of Uptake
	10.3	 Normal Biodistribution
	10.4	 Normal Variant and Pitfalls of 18F-NaF PET/CT
	10.5	 Artifacts on18F-NaF PET/CT
	10.6	 Extra Osseous Uptake of 18F-NaF
	References