Approaches for the optimization of MR protocols in clinical hybrid PET/MRI studies

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-69

  Vargas, Maria Isabel ^a   Becker, Minerva ^a   Garibotto, Valentina ^a   Heinzer, Susanne ^b   Loubeyre, Pierre ^a   Gariani, Joanna ^a   Lovblad, Karl ^a   Vallée, Jean Paul ^a   Ratib, Osman ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Dementia; Epilepsy; Head and neck; MRI; PET; Prostate; Protocols; Sequences; Tumors

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACT; BRAIN DISEASE; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TIME FACTORS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84874109240     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-012-0340-9     Document Type: Review

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