Cardiovascular PET/MRI: Challenges and Opportunities

Richard LaForest; Pamela K. Woodard; Robert J. Gropler

doi:10.1016/j.ccl.2015.08.002

Cardiovascular PET/MRI: Challenges and Opportunities

Richard LaForest, Pamela K. Woodard, Robert J. Gropler

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Abstract

Recently, systems combining PET and MRI have appeared on the market. The 2 main advantages of these systems over PET/computed tomography are the improved soft tissue contrast with MRI obtained without ionizing radiation and the potential for simultaneous acquisition of the PET and magnetic resonance images. However, its clinical acceptance has been slow for several reasons. Moreover, there are significant technical challenges that must be overcome from an image acquisition, processing, display, and laboratory workflow perspective for implementing cardiovascular PET/MRI on a routine clinical basis. The potential is high for PET/MRI to become a critical tool in the management of disease.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	25-35
Number of pages	11
Journal	Cardiology clinics
Volume	34
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccl.2015.08.002
State	Published - Feb 2016

Keywords

Atherosclerosis
Cardiovascular
Magnetic Resonace Imaging (MRI)
Myocardium
PET/MRI
Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

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