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Intro -- Foreword -- Foreword -- On the Editor -- Foreword PET/CT in Infection and Inflammation -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1: Introduction -- 2: PET-CT Physics, Instrumentation, and Techniques -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Principle of PET-CT -- 2.2.1 Annihilations -- 2.2.2 Radiotracer Techniques -- 2.3 PET Physics -- 2.3.1 Positron Emission -- 2.3.2 PET Scanner -- 2.3.3 PET Image -- 2.4 Radiotracers -- 2.5 Factors Influencing FDG Uptake -- 2.6 PET-CT Scanning Technique -- 2.6.1 Patient Preparation

2.6.2 CT Technique -- 2.6.3 PET Technique -- 2.7 Image Interpretation -- 2.8 Limitations and Artifacts of PET-CT -- 2.9 Advantages of PET-CT -- 2.10 Conclusion -- References -- 3: Physiological Variants in PET-CT -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Physiological Variants in FDG Radiotracer -- 3.2.1 Brain -- 3.2.2 Head and Neck -- 3.2.3 Brown Fat -- 3.3 Physiologic Uptake in Chest -- 3.3.1 Thymus -- 3.3.2 Myocardial Metabolism -- 3.3.3 Breast Parenchyma -- 3.3.4 Lipomatous Hypertrophy -- 3.4 Physiologic Uptake in the Abdomen -- 3.4.1 Bowel Loops -- 3.4.2 Kidneys and Pelvicalyceal System

3.4.3 Urinary Bladder -- 3.4.4 Ovarian Follice -- 3.5 Physiological Testicluar Uptake -- 3.5.1 Bone Marrow -- 3.6 Physiological Uptake with DOTANOC and PSMA -- 3.7 Physiological Uptake in Pediatric Patients -- 3.8 Technical Causes -- 3.9 Conclusion -- References -- 4: Dual Time Point PET-CT Imaging -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Dual Time Point Imaging Protocol -- 4.3 Application of Dual Point Imaging -- 4.4 Dual Point Time Imaging in Musculoskeletal Imaging -- 4.4.1 Applications -- 4.4.2 Dual Point Imaging in Musculoskeletal Lesions: Clinical Results

4.4.3 PET-CT Imaging Criteria for the Chest and Musculoskeletal Lesions -- 4.5 Dual Point Imaging in Abdominal Pathology -- 4.5.1 Dual Point Imaging in Gastrointestinal Pathologies -- 4.5.2 Hepatobiliary Pathologies -- 4.5.3 Pancreas -- 4.5.4 Spleen -- 4.5.5 Renal -- 4.5.6 Inflammatory Bowel Diseases -- 4.6 Dual Point Imaging in Breast -- 4.7 Limitations of DTPI -- 4.8 Conclusion -- References -- 5: PET-CT in Fever of Unknown Origin -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1 Fever of Unknown Origin -- 5.1.2 Imaging Modalities in the Evaluation of FUO -- 5.1.3 FDG PET-CT in Evaluation of FUO

5.1.4 Glucose Metabolism -- 5.1.5 Various Conditions of FUO -- 5.1.6 Advantages of FDG PET-CT Over Conventional Radionuclide Studies in Infection and Inflammation -- 5.2 Summary -- References -- 6: PET-CT in Chest Infective Inflammatory Pathologies -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 PET-CT Acquisition -- 6.2.1 Acquisition Protocol -- 6.2.2 Image Analysis -- 6.3 Lung Lesions -- 6.3.1 Primary Lung Lesions -- 6.3.2 Protocol of Evaluation -- 6.3.3 Noninfectious Lung Lesions -- 6.3.4 Pneumoconiosis -- 6.3.5 Sarcoidosis -- 6.3.5.1 Cystic Fibrosis

This book covers all aspects of PET-CT including newer applications involving infection and inflammation and basic information on PET-CT new tracers. It explains the approach, protocols and miscellaneous applications about various infections and inflammation that helps in its early and better diagnosis in multiorgan and multisystem involvements in routine clinical practice. Chapters provide systematic approach to the diagnosis of various infections such as bacterial, viral, tuberculosis, inflammatory pathologies and overlap in coexisting tumors and superadded/associated infections. This book offers assistance to medical practitioners in understanding various advantages of PET-CT in single scan as compared to different modalities for diagnosis as well as oncologists dealing with concurrent malignant and non-malignant conditions, students, and interns