Positron emission tomography (PET) has been in existence since the 1970s due in large
part to the pioneering work of Michael Phelps, PhD, Michel Ter-Pogossian, PhD, and others …

Clinical PET and PET/CT, 2nd Edition presents a valuable overview of the basic principles
and clinical applications of PET and PET/CT. Emphasis is placed on the familiarization of …

The number of clinical applications for PET continues to increase, particularly in the field of
oncology. In parallel with this is a growth in the number of centers that are able to provide a …

Nuclear Medicine, talked with David W. Townsend, PhD, and Thomas Beyer, PhD, MBA,
about their pioneering work in the development of PET/CT technology. Townsend, whose …

Positron emission tomography (PET) facilitates the evaluation of metabolic and molecular
characteristics of a wide variety of cancers, but is limited in its ability to visualize anatomical …

■ ABSTRACT Positron emission tomography (PET), once the sole province of academic
medical centers, is rapidly being adopted in daily clinical practice in community hospitals …

PET and PET/CT have enjoyed tremendous growth in recent years. This growth has been
fueled by the well-documented diagnostic accuracy of PET and PET/CT, particularly in …

Conclusions Even though combined PET/CT scanners have been in production for only 4
years, the technology is undergoing rapid evolution. For PET, the introduction of new …

A comprehensive guide to procedures and technologies, Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT:
Technology and Techniques provides a single source for state-of-the-art information on all …

Over the past six years, PET/CT has spread rapidly and replaced conventional PET.
Although PET/CT is a combination of PET for functional information and CT for …