Pediatric Applications of Hybrid PET/MR Imaging

Yueh Z Lee; Jorge D Oldan; Lynn A Fordham

doi:10.1016/j.mric.2016.12.005

Pediatric Applications of Hybrid PET/MR Imaging

Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2017 May;25(2):367-375. doi: 10.1016/j.mric.2016.12.005. Epub 2017 Feb 27.

Authors

Yueh Z Lee¹, Jorge D Oldan², Lynn A Fordham²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 101 Manning Drive CB# 7510, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7510, USA. Electronic address: Yueh_Lee@med.unc.edu.
² Department of Radiology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 101 Manning Drive CB# 7510, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7510, USA.

PMID: 28390535
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2016.12.005

Abstract

Hybrid PET/MR imaging systems have recently become available for clinical practice. The simultaneous physiologic and anatomic imaging offers the potential to reduce radiation dose and other advantages for pediatric patients. Issues more unique to pediatric imaging, however, must also be addressed, including imaging time and disease sensitivity. Combined with newer tracers and a concerted multidisciplinary effort, the approach has the potential to substantially improve the imaging of a variety of pediatric diseases.

Keywords: PET/MR imaging; Pediatric oncology; Radiation dose.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Child
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Multimodal Imaging / methods*
Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*