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  • 1Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Building 149, 13th Street, Room 2.301, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America
|April 10, 2017
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Simultaneous PET/MR imaging is now available, overcoming hardware challenges. Research focuses on MR-based attenuation correction and leveraging combined data for improved neurologic and whole-body imaging applications.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Imaging
  • Radiology
  • Biophysics

Background:

  • Combined PET/MR scanners offer simultaneous acquisition of complementary data.
  • Hardware integration challenges have been addressed for human use.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop MR-based attenuation correction methods for PET/MR.
  • To explore synergistic applications of combined PET/MR data.
  • To improve neurologic and whole-body imaging.

Main Methods:

  • Developing MR-based attenuation correction techniques.
  • Implementing methods to enhance one modality using data from the other.
  • Investigating research and clinical applications of combined PET/MR.

Main Results:

Keywords:
Integrated hardwareMR imagingMR-Based attenuation correctionMultimodal imagingPETPET/MR imagingSimultaneous imagingTime-of-flight PET

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  • Focus on MR-based attenuation correction for neurologic and whole-body imaging.
  • Development of approaches to improve PET or MR using data from the other modality.
  • Exploration of synergistic benefits in various applications.

Conclusions:

  • Combined PET/MR imaging is a viable technology for human use.
  • Ongoing research aims to optimize attenuation correction and data fusion.
  • Synergistic applications hold promise for advancing medical imaging.