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Published in: Abdominal Radiology 6/2015

01-08-2015 | Review Article

How does PET/MR work? Basic physics for physicians

Authors: Gaspar Delso, Edwin ter Voert, Patrick Veit-Haibach

Published in: Abdominal Radiology | Issue 6/2015

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Abstract

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.
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Metadata
Title
How does PET/MR work? Basic physics for physicians
Authors
Gaspar Delso
Edwin ter Voert
Patrick Veit-Haibach
Publication date
01-08-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Abdominal Radiology / Issue 6/2015
Print ISSN: 2366-004X
Electronic ISSN: 2366-0058
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-015-0437-5

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