Kim CK, Zukotynski KA. SPECT and SPECT/CT: A Clinical Guide. Thieme; 2017; 218 pp; 250 ill; $99.99
While this 218-page softcover book is written for those primarily involved in nuclear medicine or for those in a general radiology practice who maintain some involvement in nuclear medicine, there are sections of the book that would be of interest to neuroradiologists. Two chapters encompassing 33 pages deal with SPECT and SPECT/CT in the neurosciences and in the thyroid/parathyroid glands. Throughout this volume, Drs. Kim and Zukotynski, along with 14 other contributing authors, have put together succinct and well-illustrated chapters. The format is similar across sections, with short descriptions of key diseases, radiopharmaceuticals used, images, and bibliographies.
In the chapter on SPECT in the neurosciences, a general overview is given in 7 pages. It would have been good to have had a normal SPECT shown in 2 planes in order to compare with the abnormals. Brain tumor imaging is only peripherally mentioned. The chapter on thyroid and parathyroid glands is more extensively dealt with (in 26 pages) and is a decent review of the benign and malignant lesions of both glands, along with some unusual variants.
Certainly this would not be a primary purchase for a neuroradiologist or for a neuroradiology sectional library. It would be a publication that could be borrowed from a colleague or from a department library, and the contents that pertain to neuroradiology could be quickly reviewed.
