RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Hybrid PET/MR Imaging of the Heart: Potential, Initial Experiences, and Future Prospects
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine
JO J Nucl Med
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 402
OP 415
DO 10.2967/jnumed.112.105353
VO 54
IS 3
A1 Christoph Rischpler
A1 Stephan G. Nekolla
A1 Isabel Dregely
A1 Markus Schwaiger
YR 2013
UL http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/54/3/402.abstract
AB PET/CT and other combined scanners have in the past decade rapidly emerged as important research tools and are proving to be invaluable for improved diagnostics in routine nuclear medicine. The design of hybrid PET/MR scanners presented a formidable technical challenge, and only recently were these instruments introduced to the market. Initial expectations of the performance of these scanners have been high, notably because of the potential for superior tissue contrast inherent in the MR modality, as well as the potential for multiparametric functional imaging in conjunction with PET. However, the additional value and potential clinical role that these new systems might bring to the cardiac field have yet to be documented. This review presents a comparative summary of the existing applications for PET and MR in the field of cardiology and suggests potential cardiac applications exploiting unique properties of the newly introduced combined instrumentation.