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Table of Contents:

Pt. I Basics
1 Physical Principles, Dedicated/Coincidence-PET 3
2 Dual-Modality PET/CT Acquisition Systems for Clinical Oncology 9
3 Transport and Metabolism of Glucose and FDG 30
4 Radiopharmaceutical Production and Safety of [[superscript 18]F]FDG 43
5 Image Fusion 49
6 PET Scanner Quality Control 59
Pt. II Experimental Oncology
7 Introduction to Experimental PET in Oncology 67
8 PET in Cell Cultures: Oncology, Genetics, and Therapy 73
9 Small-Animal PET in Oncology 77
10 Small-Animal PET in Neuro-oncology and Gene Therapy 87
Pt. III Clinical Applications
11 PET/CT: Clinical Considerations 101
12 Brain Tumors 113
13 Head and Neck Tumors 127
14 Thyroid Carcinomas 137
15 Lung Cancer 149
16 Breast Cancer 167
17 Pancreatic Cancer 179
18 Gastro-Esophageal Cancer 187
19 Liver Cancer 203
20 Colorectal Cancer 213
21 Ovarian Cancer 227
22 Cancer of the Uterus 237
23 PET in Bladder, Renal, and Prostate Cancer 243
24 Testicular Tumors 251
25 Malignant Melanoma 259
26 Malignant Lymphomas 267
27 Musculoskeletal Tumors 275
28 Skeletal imaging with F-18 285
29 PET in Surgery 291
30 PET and Radiotherapy 303
31 Cancer Screening with 18F FDG-PET 309
32 Cost-Effectiveness Studies of PET in Oncology 321
33 Reimbursement (EU and USA)
33.1 PET Reimbursement: Europe 331
33.2 PET Reimbursement: United States 335
Subject Index 339