| Literature DB >> 18710991 |
Heinz-Peter W Schlemmer1, Bernd J Pichler, Matthias Schmand, Ziad Burbar, Christian Michel, Ralf Ladebeck, Kirstin Jattke, David Townsend, Claude Nahmias, Pradeep K Jacob, Wolf-Dieter Heiss, Claus D Claussen.
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The purpose of this study was to apply a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging-compatible positron emission tomographic (PET) detector technology for simultaneous MR/PET imaging of the human brain and skull base. The PET detector ring consists of lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO) scintillation crystals in combination with avalanche photodiodes (APDs) mounted in a clinical 3-T MR imager with use of the birdcage transmit/receive head coil. Following phantom studies, two patients were simultaneously examined by using fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET and MR imaging and spectroscopy. MR/PET data enabled accurate coregistration of morphologic and multifunctional information. Simultaneous MR/PET imaging is feasible in humans, opening up new possibilities for the emerging field of molecular imaging. RSNA, 2008Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID： 18710991 DOI： 10.1148/radiol.2483071927
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Radiology ISSN： 0033-8419 Impact factor: 11.105