title: Does PET/MR Imaging Improve Cancer Assessments? Literature Evidence from More Than 900 Patients.
abstract: Various integrated PET/MR imaging systems have recently been developed to provide improved clinical assessments of cancers in tissues that may be anatomically better characterized with MR imaging than with CT, to explore whether the combined anatomic and functional capabilities of MR imaging together with the molecular PET information provide new insights into disease phenotypes and biology, and to reduce radiation exposure to vulnerable populations such as children and women of child-bearing age. The following review summarizes the published studies and informs about the potential diagnostic advantages of this new technology.
authors.affiliation: Ahmanson Translational Imaging Division, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; and jczernin@mednet.ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Czernin
authors.affiliation: Ahmanson Translational Imaging Division, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; and jczernin@mednet.ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ta
authors.affiliation: Ahmanson Translational Imaging Division, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; and Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, Oberdürrbacher, Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Herrmann
keywords: PET/CT; PET/MRI; cancer diagnosis; oncology; staging