Whole-body MRI and FDG PET fused images for evaluation of patients with cancer.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this article is to illustrate the feasibility of fused whole-body MRI and PET for the evaluation of patients with cancer.


CONCLUSIONS
MRI has proven to be superior to CT for studying several regions of the body, and PET FDG has become an established diagnostic tool in oncology. Because FDG accumulates avidly in tumor tissue, fusing FDG PET to whole-body MRI allows good anatomy-based evaluation of disease.
Domingues
Roberto C
RC
Clinics Multi-Imagem and Clínica de Diagnóstico Por Imagem and Department of Radiology of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Av. Das Américas 4666 sl 325, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. rcdomingues@yahoo.com
Carneiro
Michel P
MP
Lopes
Fernanda Cristina Rueda
FC
Domingues
Romeu C
RC
da Fonseca
Lea Mirian Barbosa
LM
Gasparetto
Emerson L
EL
D003287:Contrast Media; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D051598:Whole Body Imaging
D003287:Contrast Media; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18