title: A brief review of Japanese guidelines for the clinical use of (18)F-FDG-PET/MRI 2012 (Ver 1.0).
abstract: This is a brief review of Japanese FDG-PET/MRI guidelines for indications, procedures, cautions for the interpretation of images, and safety management, which were created by a joint task force of the Japanese Radiologic Society, Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine, and Japanese Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The guidelines aim at the appropriate and effective use of the newly developed PET/MRI modality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tohoku University, 1-1 Seiryomachi, Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan. kaneta@rad.med.tohoku.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaneta
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D007564:Japan; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000592:standards; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011871:Radiology / Q000592:standards*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18