PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ciprian Catana
AU  - Alexander R. Guimaraes
AU  - Bruce R. Rosen
TI  - PET and MR Imaging: The Odd Couple or a Match Made in Heaven?
AID  - 10.2967/jnumed.112.112771
DP  - 2013 May 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine
PG  - 815--824
VI  - 54
IP  - 5
4099  - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/54/5/815.short
4100  - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/54/5/815.full
SO  - J Nucl Med2013 May 01; 54
AB  - 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.