PET and MR Imaging: The Odd Couple or a Match Made in Heaven?

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Alexander R. Guimaraes¹  Ciprian Catana¹  Bruce R. Rosen¹ 

[1] Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts

关键词: multimodality imaging;    PET/MR imaging;    applications;    oncology;    neurology;    cardiology;   

DOI  :  10.2967/jnumed.112.112771

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Society of Nuclear Medicine

【 摘 要 】

PET and MR imaging are modalities routinely used for clinical and research applications. Integrated scanners capable of acquiring PET and MR imaging data in the same session, sequentially or simultaneously, have recently become available for human use. In this article, we describe some of the technical advances that allowed the development of human PET/MR scanners; briefly discuss methodologic challenges and opportunities provided by this novel technology; and present potential oncologic, cardiac, and neuropsychiatric applications. These examples range from studies that might immediately benefit from PET/MR to more advanced applications on which future development might have an even broader impact.

【 授权许可】

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