Physical and organizational provision for installation, regulatory requirements and implementation of a simultaneous hybrid PET/MR-imaging system in an integrated research and clinical setting

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 159-171

  Sattler, Bernhard ^a   Jochimsen, Thies ^a   Barthel, Henryk ^a   Sommerfeld, Kerstin ^a   Stumpp, Patrick ^a   Hoffmann, Karl Titus ^b   Gutberlet, Matthias ^b   Villringer, Arno ^c   Kahn, Thomas ^a   Sabri, Osama ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hybrid imaging; PET MRI; System implementation

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER NETWORK; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

CALIBRATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RESEARCH;

EID: 84874114603     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-012-0347-2     Document Type: Review

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