Integrated PET/MR

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 243-258

  Quick, Harald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

attenuation correction (AC); integrated PET MR; motion correction (MC); PET MR hybrid imaging; simultaneous data acquisition; whole body PET MR

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

BRAIN METASTASIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICAL BONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG CARCINOMA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PET-MRI SCANNER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE;

ATTENUATION CORRECTION (AC); INTEGRATED PET/MR; MOTION CORRECTION (MC); PET/MR HYBRID IMAGING; SIMULTANEOUS DATA ACQUISITION; WHOLE-BODY PET/MR;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84892765732     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24523     Document Type: Review

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