Neuropet: Positron Emission Tomography in Neuroscience and Clinical Neurology

by Wolf-Dieter Heiss, Peter Herscovitch, Karl Herholz, et al.

Positron emission tomography (PET) provides unbiased in vivo measurement of local tracer activity at very high sensitivity. This is a unique property unmatched by other imaging modalities. When PETwas introduced into medicine more than 25years ago, the first organ of major interest was the brain. Since then, PET has flourished as an extremely powerful and versatile tool in scientific brain studies, whereas its use as a diagnostic tool in clinical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642622836
• ISBN13: 9783642622830
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"