RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 PET and MR Imaging: The Odd Couple or a Match Made in Heaven?
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine
JO J Nucl Med
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 815
OP 824
DO 10.2967/jnumed.112.112771
VO 54
IS 5
A1 Ciprian Catana
A1 Alexander R. Guimaraes
A1 Bruce R. Rosen
YR 2013
UL http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/54/5/815.abstract
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.