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How does PET/MR work? Basic physics for physicians

Delso, Gaspar ; ter Voert, Edwin ; Veit-Haibach, Patrick

In: Abdominal Imaging, 2015, vol. 40, no. 6, p. 1352-1357

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    Titre
    • How does PET/MR work? Basic physics for physicians
    Auteur
    • Delso, Gaspar. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    • ter Voert, Edwin. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Veit-Haibach, Patrick. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Abdominal Imaging, 2015, vol. 40, no. 6, p. 1352-1357. Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com
    Autre version électronique
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:332017
    Summary
    The aim of this article is to provide Radiologists and Nuclear Medicine physicians the basic information required to understand how PET/MR scanners work, what are their limitations and how to evaluate their performance. It will cover the operational principles of standalone PET and MR imaging, as well as the technical challenges of creating a hybrid system and how they have been solved in the now commercially available scanners. Guidelines will be provided to interpret the main performance figures of hybrid PET/MR systems.