Simultaneous whole-body PET/MR imaging in comparison to PET/CT in pediatric oncology: Initial results

Radiology

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 220-231

  Schäfer, Jürgen F ^a   Gatidis, Sergios ^a   Schmidt, Holger ^a,b   Gückel, Brigitte ^a,e   Bezrukov, Ilja ^b   Pfannenberg, Christina A ^a   Reimold, Matthias ^c   Ebinger, Martin ^d   Fuchs, Jörg ^a   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Schwenzer, Nina F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Department of Radiology Preclinical Imaging and Radiopharmacy Laboratory for Preclinical Imaging and Imaging Technology Werner Siemens Foundation   (Germany)

^c Clinic of Nuclear Medicine   (Germany)

^d Children's Hospital   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84908698700     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.14131732     Document Type: Review

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