Letter from the Guest Editor

Hybrid imaging has gained significant importance for diagnosis and treatment monitoring by offering co-registered molecular/anatomical information. The latest clinical advance is a combination of PET and MRI, which followed previous developments of PET/CT and SPECT/CT. PET/MR offers unique diagnostic opportunities combining the strengths of these two imaging modalities which are believed to be synergistic and complementary. Thus, PET/MR combines high anatomical detail as well as biochemical and functional information from MRI with metabolic and molecular information from PET.

Source: Seminars in Roentgenology - September 23, 2014 Category: Radiology Authors: Norbert Avril, Pablo R. Ros Source Type: research