title: PET/MR imaging: current and future applications for cardiovascular disease.
abstract: PET and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging have each become essential tools in the workup and management of cardiac patients. Combined PET/MR systems have recently been developed, allowing for single-session imaging using both modalities. This new technology holds great promise for cardiac applications given the different, yet complementary, information each modality provides. Research in this area is still nascent, although early studies have been promising.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, M-391, Box 0628, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628, USA. Electronic address: david.naeger@ucsf.edu.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Naeger
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, M-391, Box 0628, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628, USA.
authors.forename: Spencer C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Behr
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
keywords: Cardiac PET/MR hybrid imaging; Myocardial perfusion stress tests; [(18)F] Fluorodeoxyglucose