Author	Kim, E. Edmund. author
Title	Molecular Imaging in Oncology [electronic resource] : PET, MRI, and MRS / by E. Edmund Kim, Edward F. Jackson
Imprint	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1999
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59879-1
Descript	XIII, 290 p. 5 illus. in color. online resource

Advanced imaging techniques often make it possible to diagnose localized abnormalities prior to irreversible damage. PET permits visualization of tumor metabolic or physiologic characteristics. MRI shows morphologic abnormalities and allows assessment of the functional status of tissue, including the ability to indirectly map areas of task-induced neuronal activation and to map blood volume and flow. MRS provides noninvasive biochemical information from tumors and surrounding normal tissue. By combining PET, MRI and MRS information we should be able to differentiate tumors from non-tumor lesions, characterize types or grades of tumors, monitor tumor regression, recurrence or response to therapy, and also image the location of gene delivery. This book reports updated techniques, instrumentation and clinical application of PET, MRI and MRS in cancer management

Principles and Technology -- 1 Principles of Cancer Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology and Pathology -- 2 Imaging Strategies and Perspectives in Oncology -- 3 Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Physical Principles to Advanced Applications -- 4 Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: Physical Principles and Applications -- 5 Principles and Instrumentation of Position Emission Tomography -- 6 Radiopharmaceuticals for Tumor Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents -- 7 Receptor Imaging -- 8 Practical Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Positron Emission Tomography Techniques and Their Artifacts -- Clinical Applications of MRI, MRS and PET -- 9 Lung Cancers -- 10 Breast Cancer -- 11 Gastrointestinal Carcinomas -- 12 Urologic Cancers -- 13 Gynecologic Cancers -- 14 Brain Tumors -- 15 Head and Neck Tumors -- 16 Musculoskeletal Tumors -- 17 Melanoma, Lymphoma and Myeloma

1. Medicine
2. Radiology
3. Nuclear medicine
4. Oncology
5. Medicine & Public Health
6. Imaging / Radiology
7. Nuclear Medicine
8. Oncology