Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging: The Next Generation of Multimodality Imaging?

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-208

  Pichler, Bernd J ^a   Wehrl, Hans F ^a   Kolb, Armin ^a   Judenhofer, Martin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3' FLUOROTHYMIDINE F 18; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLASS FIBER; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATTENUATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SCINTILLATION; SEMICONDUCTOR;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RATS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 41549089557     PISSN: 00012998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2008.02.001     Document Type: Review

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