Does positron emission tomography data acquisition impact simultaneous diffusion-weighted imaging in a whole-body PET/MRI system?

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 380-384

  Buchbender, Christian ^a,b   Hartung Knemeyer, Verena ^b   Heusch, Philipp ^a   Heusner, Till A ^a,b   Beiderwellen, Karsten ^b   Wittsack, Hans Joerg ^a   Kühl, Hilmar ^b   Forsting, Michael ^b   Bockisch, Andreas ^b   Antoch, Gerald ^a   Lanzman, Rotem S ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADC; Cancer; Diffusion weighted imaging; DWI; MR PET; MRI; PET; PET MRI

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CORTEX; LIVER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPLEEN;

FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84871924075     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.11.018     Document Type: Article

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