Content Manual

Manual TOCs
Basic Science

  1. Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology
    1. Biochemistry
    2. Cellular and Molecular Biology
      1. Optical
      2. Radionuclide
    3. Drug testing and clinical pharmacology
    4. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
  2. Computer Science
    1. Hardware
      1. CPU
      2. Data Storage
      3. Network
      4. Other
    2. Image processing (filters, etc)
    3. Other
    4. PACs (Picture archiving, and communication systems)
    5. Programming
  3. Instrumentation
    1. Electronics
      1. Analog to digital converters
      2. Count rate meters
      3. Other
      4. Pulse amplifiers
      5. Pulse-height analyzers
    2. Imaging
      1. Artifacts
      2. Collimators
      3. Computed tomography
      4. Dual x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA)
      5. Film
      6. Gamma scintillation camera
      7. Monitors
      8. MRI
      9. Optical
      10. Other
      11. Positron emission tomography (PET)
      12. Quality Control
      13. Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
    3. Non_imaging_radiation_detectors
      1. Dose calibrator
      2. Gamma well counter
      3. Gamma/Beta surgical probes
      4. Liquid scintillation counter
      5. Other
      6. Radiation monitoring devices
      7. Scintillation probe
      8. Whole-body counter
  4. Physics and Mathematics
    1. Mathematics
      1. Bayes’ theorem
      2. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
      3. Counting statistics
      4. Math Basics
      5. Other
      6. ROC Curves
      7. Statistics
      8. Tracer Kinetics
    2. Physics
      1. Interaction of radiation with matter
      2. Other
      3. Principles of Radiation Detection
      4. Radiation units
      5. Radioactive decay
      6. Structure of matter
  5. Radiation biology and protection
    1. Biological effects of radiation exposure
      1. Carcinogenic effects
      2. Deterministic Effects
      3. Mutagenic effects
      4. Relative Biological Effectiveness
      5. Teratogenic effects
    2. Dosimetry
      1. CT
      2. Nuclear Medicine
      3. Other
    3. Other
    4. Radiation accident management
    5. Radiation protection
    6. Regulations
      1. FDA
      2. NRC
      3. Other
  6. Radiopharmaceuticals
    1. Adverse Events
    2. Formulation
    3. Kinetics
    4. Other
    5. Production of radionuclides
    6. Quality Control
    7. Radiopharmacy

Cardiovascular

  1. Anatomy
    1. CT
    2. Other
  2. Aneurysm
  3. Atherosclerosis
  4. AV Fistula
  5. Heart
    1. Artifacts
    2. Congenital
    3. Coronary artery disease
      1. CT Coronary Arteriography
      2. Diagnosis
      3. Infarct/myocardial viability
      4. Ischemia/Stunning/Hibernating myocardium
      5. Normal
      6. Other
      7. PET
      8. Preoperative evaluation
      9. Response to therapy/Interventions
      10. Risk stratification and prognosis
      11. Stress Testing
    4. ECG interpretation
    5. Exercise physiology
    6. Extracardiac findings
    7. Extracardiac findings
    8. Gated Blood Pool
      1. Ejection Fraction Cardiac
      2. Ejection Fraction Oncology
      3. Other
      4. Pericardial Effusion
      5. Wall Motion
    9. Inflammatory and Infectious
    10. Metabolic
      1. Amyloidosis
      2. Chemotherapy toxicity
      3. Normal
      4. Other
      5. Sarcoidosis
    11. Neoplasms
      1. Benign
      2. Malignant
    12. Other
    13. Transplantation
    14. Valvular heart disease
  6. Other
  7. Peripheral vascular disease
  8. Physiology
  9. Quantitation
  10. Radiation Dose
  11. Radiopharmaceuticals
  12. Thombosis (SVC obstruction)
  13. Vessels
  14. Vessels
    1. Aneurysm
    2. Atherosclerosis
    3. Other
    4. Thrombosis (SVC obstruction)

Endocrine

  1. Adrenal
    1. Adenoma
    2. Carcinoma
    3. Hyperplasia
    4. Other
    5. PheochroCCytoma
  2. Anatomy
    1. CT
    2. Other
  3. Neuroendocrine neoplasms
    1. Adenoma
    2. Carcinoid
    3. Carcinoma
    4. Neuroblastoma
    5. Other
  4. Other
  5. Pancreas
    1. Other
  6. Parathyroid
    1. Adenoma
    2. Carcinoma
    3. Hyperplasia
    4. Other
  7. Physiology
  8. Pituitary
    1. Adenoma
    2. Carcinoma
    3. Diabetes Mellitus
    4. Hyperplasia
  9. Quantitation
  10. Radiopharmaceuticals
  11. Thyroid
    1. Carcinoma
      1. Other
      2. Treatment
    2. Congenital
      1. Inherited metabolic disorder
      2. Lingual thyroid
      3. Other
    3. Hyperthyroidism
      1. Factitious
      2. Graves’ disease
      3. Nodular goiter
      4. Other
      5. Therapy
      6. Thyroiditis
    4. Hypothyroidism
    5. Neoplasms
      1. Benign: Diffuse Goiter, Nodules
      2. Malignant
      3. Other
    6. Other

Gastrointestinal

  1. Anatomy
    1. CT
    2. Other
  2. Biliary
    1. Bile leaks/fistulas
    2. Biliary dyskinesia
    3. Biliary Obstruction
    4. Biliary reflux (enterogastric reflux)
    5. Cholecystitis
      1. Acalculous
      2. Acute
      3. Chronic
      4. Gallstones
      5. Other
    6. Cholestasis
    7. Congenital
      1. Biliary atresia
      2. Choledochal cyst
      3. Other
    8. Motility Disorders
      1. Biliary dyskinesia
      2. Other
      3. Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction
    9. Neoplasm
      1. Benign
      2. Malignant
    10. Normal
    11. Other
  3. Colon
    1. Bleeding
    2. Infection/Inflammatory
    3. Motility disorder
    4. Neoplasm
      1. Benign
      2. Malignant
    5. Other
    6. Ulcerative Colitis
  4. Congenital
  5. Esophagus
    1. Bleeding
    2. Gastroesophageal reflux
    3. Infection/Inflammatory
    4. Motility disorder
    5. Neoplasm
      1. Benign
      2. Malignant
    6. Other
  6. Liver
    1. Benign Neoplasm
      1. Focal nodular hyperplasia
      2. Hemangioma
      3. Other
      4. Hemangioma
    2. Chemotherapy infusion pumps
    3. Cirrhosis
    4. Fatty Liver
    5. Hepatocellular disease
    6. Hepatomegaly
    7. Infection/Inflammatory
    8. Malignant
      1. Biliary
      2. Hepatocellular
      3. Metastatic
      4. Other
    9. Other
    10. Transplantation
  7. Other
  8. Other
  9. Peritoneum
    1. Ascites
    2. Infection/Inflammatory
    3. Leveen shunt patency/obstruction
    4. Lymphadenopathy
    5. Neoplasm
      1. Benign
      2. Malignant
    6. Other
  10. Physiology
  11. Quantitation
  12. Radiopharmaceuticals
  13. Salivary Glands
  14. Small bowel
    1. Benign
    2. Bleeding
    3. Crohn’s disease
    4. Malignant
    5. Meckel’s diverticulum
    6. Motility disorder
    7. Neoplasm
    8. Other
  15. Spleen
    1. Accessory spleen
    2. Infection/Inflammatory
    3. Neoplasm
      1. Benign
      2.  Malignant
    4. Other
    5. Other
    6. Splenic infarct
    7. Splenomegaly
    8. Splenosis
  16. Stomach
    1. Bleeding
    2. Motility disorder
    3. Neoplasm
      1. Benign
      2. Malignant
    4. Other

General

  1. Patient Safety
    1. Communication
  2. PET/CT clinical

Genitourinary

  1. Anatomy
    1. CT
    2. Other
  2. Bladder
    1. Infection
    2. Neoplasms
      1. Benign
      2. Malignant
    3. Other
    4. Vesicoureteral reflux
  3. Gynecological
    1. Cervical
      1. Benign Neoplasms
      2. Infection
      3. Malignant Neoplasms
      4. Other
    2. Other
    3. Ovarian
      1. Benign Neoplasms
      2. Infection
      3. Malignant Neoplasms
      4. Other
    4. Uterine
      1. Benign Neoplasms
      2. Infection
      3. Malignant Neoplasms
      4. Other
    5. Vaginal
      1. Benign Neoplasms
      2. Infection
      3. Malignant Neoplasms
      4. Other
  4. Other
  5. Ovaries
  6. Physiology
  7. Physiology
    1. CT
  8. Prostate
    1. Benign Neoplasms
    2. Carcinoma
      1. Other
      2. Prostascint
      3. Therapy
    3. Infection
    4. Other
  9. Quantitation
  10. Radiopharmaceuticals
    1. Malignant
  11. Renal
    1. Congenital
      1. Crossed renal ectopia
      2. Duplicated Collecting System
      3. Horseshoe kidney
      4. Other
      5. Pelvic kidney
      6. Polycystic
    2. Cysts
    3. Infections
      1. Abscess
      2. Cysts
      3. Other
      4. Pyelonephritis
    4. Neoplasms
      1. Benign
      2. Malignant
    5. Obstruction
    6. Other
    7. Parenchymal Renal Disease
      1. ATN
      2. Other
    8. Quantification
    9. Quantitation
    10. Safety
    11. Transplantation
      1. ATN
      2. Drug toxicity
      3. Leak – urinoma
      4. Lymphcoele
      5. Obstruction
      6. Other
      7. Rejection
    12. Vascular
      1. Infarcts
      2. Other
      3. Renal vein thrombosis
      4. Renovascular hypertension
  12. Scrotal/Testicular
    1. Benign
    2. Inflammatory_and_Infection
      1. Epididymitis
      2. Orchitis
    3. Malignant
    4. Neoplasms
    5. Other
    6. Varicocele
    7. Vascular/Torsion
  13. Ureter

Musculoskeletal

  1. Anatomy
    1. CT
    2. Other
  2. Artifact
  3. Bone
    1. Arthroplasty
    2. Benign Neoplasms
      1. Fibrous dysplasia
      2. Hemangioma
      3. Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy
      4. Osteoid osteoma
      5. Other
      6. Paget’s disease
    3. Congenital
      1. Osteochondroses
      2. Other
      3. Syndromes
    4. Degenerative disease
    5. Flouride
    6. Hematological
      1. Myelofibrosis
      2. Other
      3. Sickle Cell disease
    7. Inflammatory and Infection
      1. FUO
      2. Osteomyelitis
      3. Other
      4. Prostheses
    8. Inflammatory and Infectious
      1. Enthesopathy
      2. Osteomyelitis
      3. Other
    9. Malignant Neoplasms
      1. Effects of radiation and chemotherapy
      2. Metastatic
      3. Other
      4. Primary
    10. Metabolic
      1. Endocrine
      2. Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy
      3. Osteoporosis
      4. Other
    11. Other
    12. Trauma
      1. Abuse
      2. Avulsion injury
      3. Contusion
      4. Fracture
      5. Other
      6. Shin splint
      7. Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
    13. Vascular
      1. Bone infarct
      2. Disuse
      3. Osteonecrosis
      4. Other
      5. Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
  4. Joints
    1. Arthritis
      1. Infectious
      2. Inflammatory
      3. Osteoarthritis/Degenerative
      4. Other
    2. Bursitis
    3. Other
  5. Physiology
  6. Quantitation
  7. Radiopharmaceuticals
  8. Soft tissue
    1. Enthesopathy
    2. Fasciitis
    3. Heterotopic Bone/Myositis ossificans
    4. Malignant effusions
    5. Muscle
    6. Other
    7. Renal
      1. Other
    8. Tumor uptake

Oncology

(includes hematology, infections, lymphoscintigraphy CT)

  1. Anatomy
    1. CT
    2. Other
  2. Breast
    1. Changes due to treatment
    2. Diagnosis
    3. Lymphoscintigraphy
    4. Metastasis
    5. Other
    6. Response to Therapy
    7. Restaging
  3. CT
    1. Artifacts
    2. Contrast
    3. Normal Variants
    4. Other
    5. Safety
  4. Head and Neck (Non thyroidal)
  5. Hematologic
    1. Other
    2. Polycythemia Vera (Blood volumes and therapy)
  6. Infections
    1. FDG
    2. Other
    3. WBCs
  7. Leukemia
  8. Lymphatics
    1. Chylous effusion
    2. Lymphedema
    3. Other
  9. Lymphoma
    1. Diagnosis
    2. Other
    3. Response to Therapy
    4. Restaging
    5. Therapy
  10. Multiple Myeloma
  11. Other
    1. Artifacts
      1. Contrast
      2. Other
    2. Benign Neoplasms
    3. Malignant Neoplasms
    4. Normal Variants
      1. Brown Fat
      2. GU Uptake
      3. Muscle uptake
      4. Other
    5. Quantitation
    6. Safety
  12. Physiology
  13. Quantitation
  14. Radiation Therapy
  15. Radiopharmaceuticals
  16. Skin Melanoma
    1. Lymphoscintigraphy
    2. Other
  17. Therapy of Bone Metastasis

Pulmonary

  1. Anatomy
    1. CT
    2. Other
  2. Artifact
  3. CT
  4. Inflammatory and Infection
    1. Drug toxicity
    2. Granulomatous
    3. Granulomatous Disease
    4. IPF
    5. Other
    6. Sarcoidosis
  5. Neoplasms
    1. Benign
    2. Malignant
  6. Obstructive airways disease
    1. Acute
    2. Chronic
  7. Other
  8. Physiology
    1. Other
    2. Right to Left Shunt
  9. Pleural effusions/Peritoneal-pleural shunts
  10. Pulmonary hypertension
  11. Quantitation
    1. Lung cancer
    2. Other
    3. Transplantation
    4. Volume reduction
  12. Radiopharmaceuticals
  13. Transplantation
  14. Vascular
    1. Other
    2. SVC Obstruction
    3. Thromboembolism (Pulmonary embolism)