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- Focuses on imaging techniques rather than imaging findings characteristic of particular tumor types
- Deals extensively with patient management considerations, including dose reduction, late effects, complications, radiotherapy, and surveillance imaging
- Includes timely discussion of hybrid imaging techniques as well as emerging applications such as contrast US and molecular imaging
This book, co-authored by an internationally acclaimed team of experts in the field of pediatric oncologic imaging, provides a comprehensive update on new advances in diagnostic imaging as they relate to pediatric oncology. In contrast to other oncologic imaging texts, the focus is not on the radiology of specific tumors but rather on the important fundamentals of imaging that every child with a new and/or treated malignancy receives. Guidance is provided on the selection and use of appropriate imaging techniques, with individual chapters devoted to each of the major cross-sectional imaging modalities used in the detection and follow-up of pediatric cancers, including PET-CT, PET-MRI, whole-body MRI, and diffusion-weighted MRI. Additional nuclear medicine techniques are addressed, and detailed attention is paid to more advanced areas of practice such as contrast-enhanced ultrasound, pediatric interventional radiology techniques, radiation treatment planning, and radiation dose considerations (ALARA). Other areas covered include screening of children with cancer predisposition syndromes, the risks and benefits inherent in post-therapy surveillance imaging, and the pitfalls of neuro-oncology imaging. Table of Contents- 1. Imaging in Pediatric Oncology: New Advances and Techniques
- 2. Imaging in Paediatric Oncology – pitfalls, acceptable and unacceptable imaging
- 3. PET/CT in Pediatric Oncology
- 4. PET/MRI
- 5. SPECT/CT in Pediatric Oncology
- 6. Functional MRI: DWI and DCE-MRI
- 7. Whole Body MRI in Pediatric Oncology
- 8. Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound: The Current State
- 9. Tumor Response Assessment: RECIST and Beyond
- 10. Neuro-oncology: Assessing Response in Pediatric Brain Tumors
- 11. Complications of Therapy
- 12. Non-neurologic Late Effects of Therapy
- 13. Complications and Pitfalls in Neuro-oncology Imaging
- 14. Radioisotope Therapies - Iodine-131,I- 131-MIBG, and Beyon
- 15. Interventional Radiology in Pediatric Oncology
- 16. Tumour Tissue Sampling
- 17. Radiation Treatment Planning in Pediatric Oncology
- 18. Radiation Dose Considerations in Pediatric Oncologic Imaging
- 19. Pediatric Molecular Imaging
- 20. Imaging of Children with Cancer Predisposition
- 21. Surveillance Imaging in Pediatric Oncology
- 22. Perspectives and Future Directions
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