First image from a combined positron emission tomography and field-cycled MRI system

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 301-305

  Bindseil, Geron A ^a   Gilbert, Kyle M ^a   Scholl, Timothy J ^a   Handler, William B ^a   Chronik, Blaine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

field cycled MRI; hybrid imaging; multimodality imaging; PET MRI development; positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRONS;

HYBRID IMAGING; INTERLEAVED SEQUENCE; MULTI-MODALITY IMAGES; MULTI-MODALITY IMAGING; PET/MRI; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE; POINT SOURCES; TRIANGULAR ARRANGEMENTS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79953686292     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22793     Document Type: Article

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