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  • Medical Imaging
  • Biophysics
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Simultaneous positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI) offers complementary disease information.
  • Designing hybrid PET/MRI systems is challenging due to subsystem interference.
  • Brain-dedicated PET inserts provide superior resolution and sensitivity for neurologic imaging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the MR-compatibility of second-generation PET insert detector modules.
  • To evaluate the impact of PET detectors on MRI quality and PET performance.

Main Methods:

  • Studied the effect of operating PET detectors on MR image quality parameters.
  • Evaluated TOF-PET detector performance under various MRI pulse sequences.

Main Results:

  • Operating PET detectors minimally increased MR image noise (15%) and slightly degraded SNR (3.1-4.2 dB).
  • MR image homogeneity, ghosting, and susceptibility artifacts remained insignificant.
  • PET detector performance showed <5% change within the MR bore, except for EPI energy resolution (13% difference).

Conclusions:

  • Second-generation PET detectors are compatible with MRI environments.
  • PET detector operation does not induce significant MRI artifacts.
  • PET detector performance and time-of-flight capability are preserved under MR conditions.