Workflow and scan protocol considerations for integrated whole-body PET/MRI in oncology

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1415-1426

  Martinez Möller, Axel ^a   Eiber, Matthias ^a   Nekolla, Stephan G ^a   Souvatzoglou, Michael ^a   Drzezga, Alexander ^a   Ziegler, Sibylle ^a   Rummeny, Ernst J ^a   Schwaiger, Markus ^a   Beer, Ambros J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hybrid imaging; Oncology; PET MR; Workflow

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTIFACT; BRAIN CANCER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG CANCER; NECK CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; WHOLE BODY MRI; WHOLE BODY PET; WORKFLOW;

ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84866147407     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.112.109348     Document Type: Review

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