title: PET/MRI in cancer patients: first experiences and vision from Copenhagen.
abstract: Combined PET/MRI systems are now commercially available and are expected to change the medical imaging field by providing combined anato-metabolic image information. We believe this will be of particular relevance in imaging of cancer patients. At the Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine & PET at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen we installed an integrated PET/MRI in December 2011. Here, we describe our first clinical PET/MR cases and discuss some of the areas within oncology where we envision promising future application of integrated PET/MR imaging in clinical routine. Cases described include brain tumors, pediatric oncology as well as lung, abdominal and pelvic cancer. In general the cases show that PET/MRI performs well in all these types of cancer when compared to PET/CT. However, future large-scale clinical studies are needed to establish when to use PET/MRI. We envision that PET/MRI in oncology will prove to become a valuable addition to PET/CT in diagnosing, tailoring and monitoring cancer therapy in selected patient populations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine & PET, University of Copenhagen, KF-4012 Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. akjaer@sund.ku.dk
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kjær
authors.forename: Annika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Loft
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Law
authors.forename: Anne Kiil
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Berthelsen
authors.forename: Lise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Borgwardt
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Löfgren
authors.forename: Camilla Bardram
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Johnbeck
authors.forename: Adam Espe
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Sune
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: Søren
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Holm
authors.forename: Liselotte
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Højgaard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003287:Contrast Media; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals