Potential Pediatric Applications of PET/MR

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Adrian Viehweger¹  Henryk Barthel¹  Ina Sorge¹  Franz Wolfgang Hirsch¹  Sandra Purz¹  Osama Sabri¹  Regine Kluge¹ 

关键词: pediatrics;    pediatric oncology;    oncology;    PET/MR;   

DOI  :  10.2967/jnumed.113.129304

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Society of Nuclear Medicine

【 摘 要 】

Medical imaging with multimodality and whole-body technologies has continuously improved in recent years. The advent of combined modalities such as PET/CT and PET/MR offers new tools with an exact fusion of molecular imaging and high-resolution anatomic imaging. For noninvasive pediatric diagnostics, molecular imaging and whole-body MR have become important, especially in pediatric oncology. Because it has a lower radiation exposure than PET/CT, combined PET/MR is expected to be of special use in pediatric diagnostics. This review focuses on possible pediatric applications of PET/MR hybrid imaging, particularly pediatric oncology and neurology but also the diagnosis of infectious or inflammatory diseases.

【 授权许可】

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