Libri di Peter Herscovitch
Biografia e opere di Peter Herscovitch
NeuroPET
PET in Neuroscience and Clinical Neurology
Karl Herholz
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Peter Herscovitch
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editore: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
pagine: 312
This is the only comprehensive and up-to-date book on neurological PET. Its goal is to facilitate cooperation between PET experts, neuroscientists and clinicians. We review PET in neuroscience with particular emphasis on findings that indicate its potential for improving diagnosis and treatment in neurology and psychiatry. We want to improve the transfer of the huge scientific developments in brain PET into clinical care to produce tangible human benefit. We therefore focus on practical and potentially clinically relevant issues and identify solid ground as well as open questions. In addition, the book includes major chapters on the methodological background, including tracer physiology and kinetic modeling, and a comprehensive literature review. The book contains a CD-ROM with video clips and interactive navigation in 3D data sets that illustrate the information contained in PET images in major neurological diseases and its potential to improve diagnosis and neurosurgical planning in brain tumors.9
Brain Imaging Using PET
Michio Senda
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Peter Herscovitch
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editore: Academic Press Inc
pagine: 321
Discussing not only PET technique and instrumentation, but new developments in a broad range of fields such as kinetics, enzyme/neurotransmitter transport, language acquisition, and neuropathology, "Brain Imaging Using PET" will appeal to both PET experts and non-PET users in many branches of neuroscience. The authors offer an invaluable analysis of brain imaging and techniques, providing everything from the foundations to the practical applications of the modern techniques used in PET. It covers: head motion correction; tricks for PET imaging of monkeys and other animals; parametric images by quantification without arterial blood sampling; measurement of endogenous dopamine release; imaging acetylcholine esterase activity in Alzheimer patients; dopaminergic functions in Parkinson patients and animal models; new tracers for PET imaging of NK1, sigma-1 and other receptors; and, application of Bayesian, wavelet, cluster and other math techniques.
