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01-05-2010 | Image of the Month
High-resolution 18F-FDG PET with MRI for monitoring response to treatment in rheumatoid arthritis
Authors:
Abhijit J. Chaudhari, Spencer L. Bowen, George W. Burkett, Nathan J. Packard, Felipe Godinez, Anand A. Joshi, Stanley M. Naguwa, David K. Shelton, John C. Hunter, John M. Boone, Michael H. Buonocore, Ramsey D. Badawi
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European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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Issue 5/2010
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Excerpt
Molecular imaging can potentially provide means for monitoring response to therapy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) early in the course of disease [
1].Quantitative measurements of RA disease activity made in the wrist by whole-body PET scanners, however, have inadequate accuracy because of limited spatial resolution [
2]. A high-resolution PET/CT scanner for imaging extremities has been built at our institution [
3]. In conjunction with a clinical MRI scanner, high-resolution PET/MR images can be obtained for the wrist. The CT image is used for PET/MR image coregistration. …
