Combined PET/MR imaging - Technology and applications

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-20

  Wehrl, H F ^a   Sauter, A W ^a   Judenhofer, M S ^a   Pichler, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combined PET MR, multimodality imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multifunctional imaging; Oncology; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

3' FLUOROTHYMIDINE F 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; GLASS FIBER; IMATINIB; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; METHIONINE C 11; N SEC BUTYL 1 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) N METHYL 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXAMIDE; OXYGEN 17; RACLOPRIDE C 11;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; CANCER RESEARCH; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC FIELD; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; STROKE;

EID: 76049124693     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303461000900102     Document Type: Review

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