Covers pattern recognition at various sites on the body, shows how the scanning techniques are related to a range o different diseases, generally illustrated.

This highly illustrated text gives a comprehensive overview of planar and SPECT bone scanning techniques, covering pattern recognition at various sites on the body and showing how the techniques are related to a range of different diseases.

Each volume in the Atlases of Clinical Nuclear Medicine covers one anatomic region or system. Each atlas is extensively illustrated with superb quality images and reveals the spectrum of normal scintigraphic findings as well as examples of both common and unusual conditions. Detailed figure legends describe the findings within each image, and most discuss the image's important teaching point. The text, which is descriptive yet concise, covers such topics as procedure technique, dosimetry, physiology, and scan interpretations. Selected Atlases of Bone Scintigraphy is comprised of four individual atlases in the areas of 1) Skeletal Trauma 2) SPECT Cross Sectional Anatomy of the Normal Spine, Pelvis, Hips, and Skull 3) SPECT Quality control 4) Normal Bone Scintigraphy and Indium-11 White Blood Cell Scintigraphy in Porous Coated Hip Prosthesis

The atlas focuses specifically on single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) in musculoskeletal imaging, and thus illustrates the inherent advantages of the combination of the metabolic and anatomical component in a single procedure. In addition, the atlas provides information on the usefulness of several sets of specific indications. The publication, which serves more as a training tool rather than a textbook, will help to further integrate the SPECT and CT experience in clinical practice by presenting a series of typical cases with many different patterns of SPECT/CT seen in bone scintigraphy.

Each volume in the Atlases of Clinical Nuclear Medicine covers one anatomic region or system. Each atlas is extensively illustrated with superb quality images and reveals the spectrum of normal scintigraphic findings as well as examples of both common and unusual conditions. Detailed figure legends describe the findings within each image, and most discuss the image's important teaching point. The text, which is descriptive yet concise, covers such topics as procedure technique, dosimetry, physiology, and scan interpretations. Selected Atlases of Bone Scintigraphy is comprised of four individual atlases in the areas of 1) Skeletal Trauma 2) SPECT Cross Sectional Anatomy of the Normal Spine, Pelvis, Hips, and Skull 3) SPECT Quality control 4) Normal Bone Scintigraphy and Indium-11 White Blood Cell Scintigraphy in Porous Coated Hip Prosthesis

Integrated single photon emission computed tomography and computed tomography (SPECT/CT) has emerged as an important diagnostic tool in medical imaging, where morphological markers are superimposed on anatomical images to allow a more thorough examination and higher levels of diagnostic accuracy. This TECDOC presents an overview of the SPECT/CT technology for use by nuclear medicine physicians, radiologists and clinical practitioners. The publication also covers the current medical status of SPECT/CT imaging, the role of this technology in the clinical management of patients and possible trends for future development.