Lin EC, Alavi A. PET and PET CT: A Clinical Guide, Third Edition; Thieme 2019; 410 pp; 335 ill; $99.99.

While most of the clinical portion of this 400-page book, PET and PET CT: Clinical Guide, Third Edition, edited by Drs. Lin and Alavi concerns non-CNS abnormalities, there is important information and guidelines for those who are involved in evaluating PET/CTs, either primarily, or as part of an overall image sequence review.

As one might expect, the first portion of the book deals with the basic physics of PET scanners and with the physiologic considerations with PET agents (primarily FDG). The clinical aspects of PET scanning consumes the next 100 pages and precedes the individual chapters on specific areas of oncologic imaging. Within this section, separate chapters deal with brain, head and neck, and thyroid tumors.

Additionally, there are 6 non-oncological chapters and 3 of them are germane to neuroradiology (infection/inflammatory, neurological applications of FDG, and non FDG PET). Among the latter are applications in Alzheimer’s disease/dementia, seizures, brain tumors, and cerebrovascular disease.

This short, well-illustrated, concise text is recommended as an adjunct to the more popular neuroradiology textbooks.