Fig. 12.1 Medullary thyroid cancer in the right lobe. Nodule was assessed at ultrasonography as not suspicious: echotexture was spongiform and margins were regular (a). Elastography showed green color (b)…

Fig. 16.1 Well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor of the right middle ear detected by fused somatostatin receptor PET/CT. PET with somatostatin analogs labeled with gallium-68 (upper row) detected a focal area of…

Fig. 4.1 (a) A single optic fiber, maintained in a still position, destroys only a small amount of tissue, e.g., 16–18 mm in length, 8–10 mm in width, and 8–10…

Fig. 7.1 Axial computed tomography (a), ultrasonography (b), and color Doppler ultrasonography (c) images in a 70-year-old male patient with hyperthyroidism. Computed tomography (a) showed a large nodule (diameter of…

Fig. 2.1 Molecular basis of nuclear imaging of follicular thyroid cell. 18 F-FDG fluorodeoxyglucose, 18 F-FDG-6P fluorodeoxyglucose-6-phosphate, *I-Na radioiodine, 99m Tc-MIBI Tc99m-methoxyisobutylisonitrile, 99m TcO4 − Tc99m-pertechnetate, TSH thyroid stimulating hormone,…

Fig. 3.1 Enlarged and inhomogeneous thyroid mass with extension to the mediastinal region imaged by contrast-enhanced computed tomography (white arrows). Enlarged cervical and mediastinal lymph nodes are also evident (black…