Nuclear Medicine Companion - A Case-Based Practical Reference for Daily Use

This book provides all the information required for the optimal use of nuclear medicine techniques, which are undergoing rapid development yet remain underutilized. Each chapter focuses on one particular clinical system or disease area. The first section of each chapter illustrates normal patterns observed on commonly and uncommonly performed scans as a reference and explains when and how the procedures should be performed. The following section illustrates both the imaging patterns of different diseases and the diagnostic role of individual studies. Comparisons with other modalities are provided, and the rationale for and effective utilization of each study are discussed. The volume includes  near 250 case reviews. In addition, the normal patterns on relevant morphologic modalities are documented in an appendix. The book is directed at Nuclear Medicine physicians and technologists with different levels of training and expertise and also at radiologists who practice nuclear medicine and radiology residents.


Abdelhamid H. Elgazzar, MD, FCAP, is a Professor and Chairman of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University of Kuwait. He graduated in 1973 from the School of Medicine, University of Cairo, Egypt and trained in Clinical and Anatomic Pathology at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita and in Nuclear Medicine at the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine. He is board certified by the American Board of Pathology (Anatomic and Clinical) and the American Board of Nuclear Medicine. Dr. Elgazzar is a fellow of the College of American Pathologists. He has served as an Associate Professor at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, and as Chief of Nuclear Medicine at Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA. He has received awards from several international professional organizations. Dr. Elgazzar acts as a reviewer for several journals. He has edited or authored seven books and over 130 peer-reviewed papers. He serves as a referee for various peer-reviewed medical journals worldwide.
 Ismet Sarikaya, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University of Kuwait, Faculty of Medicine. She is a 1990 graduate of the School of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey. She subsequently trained in Nuclear Medicine at University of Maryland in Baltimore, MD, and Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey, and in PET/CT and Nuclear Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York. She is board certified by the American Board of Nuclear Medicine. Dr. Sarikaya has served in various academic institutes as an Assistant Professor in Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, and Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey, as an Associate Professor at Georgetown University, Washington DC, and as an Associate Professor/Professor at Baskent University, Istanbul, Turkey. She has authored/co-authored 2 book chapters, 36 articles, 44 congress abstracts, and 2 Nuclear Medicine modules for the ACR-Continuous Professional Improvement program