PET/MRI of the Heart

Hybrid imaging devices including PET/CT and SPECT/CT have seen a great success in clinical routine, especially in the field of oncology. With the recent advent of PET/MRI scanners, expectations that PET/MRI would replicate that success were accordingly high. The combination of molecular imaging with a variety of very specific PET tracers and the high spatial resolution of MRI are expected to result in increased diagnostic accuracy or even in the creation of additional demands for hybrid imaging.

Source: Seminars in Nuclear Medicine - April 3, 2015 Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Christoph Rischpler, Stephan G. Nekolla, Karl P. Kunze, Markus Schwaiger Source Type: research