Published December, 2010
By David W. Townsend and Paul Shreve
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This book is specifically designed to meet the needs of practicing radiologists by offering a practical, unified approach to PET-CT. Written by radiologists who fully appreciate and understand both PET and CT, the book details an integrated understanding of PET-CT as a combined modality.

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Published December, 2010
By , Harry Chugani, MD and Harry Chugani
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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This book is the first to provide a comprehensive and balanced discussion of various neuroimaging techniques applied in the diagnosis and management of epilepsy. The editor has been meticulous in covering not only MRI and its latest developments, but also molecular and physiological imaging approaches, such as PET and SPECT in much greater depth than in previous volumes.

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Published December, 2010
By A. Signore, Mauro Liberatore, F. Scopinaro, Alberto Signore and Francesco Scopinaro
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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As chairman of the European Association of Nuclear Medi cine (EANM) 2001 annual meeting, I tried to reach two goals: a "universal nuclear medicine" congress where all people could speak and learn using the same language, and a full exploration of the possibility of making a diagnosis through global imaging.

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Published December, 2010
By Dominique Delbeke, Peter E. Valk, Dale L. Bailey, David W. Townsend and Michael N. Maisey
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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Developed as an offshoot/update of the "clinical practice" portion of the main book, edited by PE Valk et al, published in 2003 (Positron Emission Tomography: basic science and clinical practice), this offshoot covers the second half of the main book only, dealing with mainly the clinical research and practice.

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Published December, 2010
By David A. Gewirtz, Shawn Edan Holt, Steven Grant, Shawn E. Holt and David Gewirtz
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development
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This book provides insight into established practices and research into apoptosis and senescence. The volume thoroughly examines novel and emerging techniques and research in the fields of cell death pathways, senescence growth arrest, drugs and resistance, DNA damage response, and other topics that still hold mysteries for researchers.

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Published December, 2010
By Hans-Jurgen Machulla and H.J. Machulla
Publisher: Springer
Series: Developments in Nuclear Medicine
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Although the clinical importance of hypoxia imaging is obviously great, to date neither the clinical nor the scientific community at an international level has focused many research activities on the hypoxia problem.

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Published December, 2010
By David W. Townsend, Bernard Bendriem, B. Bendriem and D.W. Townsend
Publisher: Springer
Series: Developments in Nuclear Medicine
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The application of 3D methodology has recently been receiving increasing attention at many PET centres, and this monograph is an attempt to provide a state-of-the-art review of this methodology, covering 3D reconstruction methods, quantitative procedures, current tomography performance, and clinical and research applications.

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Published December, 2010
By Yves Lemoigne and Alessandra Caner
Publisher: Springer
Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics
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This book introduces the fundamental aspects of Radiation Protection in Medical Physics and covers three main themes: General Radiation Protection Principles;

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Published December, 2010
By Elisabetta de Lutio di Castelguidone and Antonella Messina
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag)
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Techniques reviewed include: Conventional radiography* Endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasound* Conventional, color-Doppler and contrast-enhanced ultrasound* Computed tomography* Magnetic resonance imaging, and* Contrast-enhanced PET/CT imaging.

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Published December, 2010
By G.T. Stocklin, V.W. Pike, G. Stöcklin and G. Stoecklin
Publisher: Springer
Series: Developments in Nuclear Medicine
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Radiochemical methodology constitutes the most important base for the successful functioning of a PET group in the routine production and development of radiopharmaceuticals.

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