PET/MR in children. Initial clinical experience in paediatric oncology using an integrated PET/MR scanner

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 860-875

  Hirsch, Franz Wolfgang ^a   Sattler, Bernhard ^a   Sorge, Ina ^a   Kurch, Lars ^a   Viehweger, Adrian ^a   Ritter, Lutz ^a   Werner, Peter ^a   Jochimsen, Thies ^a   Barthel, Henryk ^a   Bierbach, Uta ^a   Till, Holger ^a   Sabri, Osama ^a   Kluge, Regine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Hybrid imaging; MR PET; Oncology; PET MR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HYBRID; INFANT; MALE; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TESTIS TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84879781223     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-012-2570-4     Document Type: Article

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