title: Summary report of the First International Workshop on PET/MR imaging, March 19-23, 2012, Tübingen, Germany.
abstract: We report from the First International Workshop on positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI) that was organized by the University of Tübingen in March 2012. Approximately 100 imaging experts in MRI, PET and PET/computed tomography (CT), among them early adopters of pre-clinical and clinical PET/MRI technology, gathered from March 19 to 24, 2012 in Tübingen, Germany. The objective of the workshop was to provide a forum for sharing first-hand methodological and clinical know-how and to assess the potential of combined PET/MRI in various applications from pre-clinical research to scientific as well as clinical applications in humans. The workshop was comprised of pro-active sessions including tutorials, specific discussion panels and grand rounds. Pre-selected experts moderated the sessions, and feedback from the subsequent discussions is presented here to a greater readership. Naturally, the summaries provided herein are subjective descriptions of the hopes and challenges of PET/MR imaging as seen by the workshop attendees at a very early point in time of adopting PET/MRI technology and, as such, represent only a snapshot of current approaches.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Dale L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: Henryk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Barthel
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Beyer
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boellaard
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gückel
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hellwig
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Herzog
authors.forename: Bernd J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Pichler
authors.forename: Harald H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Quick
authors.forename: Osama
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sabri
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Scheffler
authors.forename: Heinz P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Schlemmer
authors.forename: Nina F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Schwenzer
authors.forename: Hans F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Wehrl
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000592:standards; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000592:standards; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000592:standards; D012015:Reference Standards; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical