Pediatric Imaging Using PET/MR Imaging

Chiara Giraudo; Silvia Carraro; Pietro Zucchetta; Diego Cecchin

doi:10.1016/j.mric.2023.06.001

Pediatric Imaging Using PET/MR Imaging

Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2023 Nov;31(4):625-636. doi: 10.1016/j.mric.2023.06.001. Epub 2023 Jul 28.

Authors

Chiara Giraudo¹, Silvia Carraro², Pietro Zucchetta¹, Diego Cecchin³

Affiliations

¹ Complex Unit of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Medicine (DIMED), University Hospital of Padova, Via Nicolo' Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy.
² Unit of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Women's and Children's Health Department, University Hospital of Padova, Via Nicolo' Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy.
³ Complex Unit of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Medicine (DIMED), University Hospital of Padova, Via Nicolo' Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy. Electronic address: diego.cecchin@unipd.it.

PMID: 37741646
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2023.06.001

Abstract

PET/MR imaging is a one-stop shop technique for pediatric diseases allowing not only an accurate clinical assessment of tumors at staging and restaging but also the diagnosis of neurologic, inflammatory, and infectious diseases in complex cases. Moreover, applying PET kinetic analyses and sequences such as diffusion-weighted imaging as well as quantitative analysis investigating the relationship between disease metabolic activity and cellularity can be applied. Complex radiomics analysis can also be performed.

Keywords: Children; Imaging; Neurology; Oncology; PET/MRI; Pediatric; [18F]FDG.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

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