title: [New challenges and perspectives in nuclear medicine imaging].
abstract: Hybrid positron emission tomography/computer tomography (PET/CT) and single photon emission computer tomography/computer tomography (SPECT/CT) have resulted in significant advances both in medical research and routine clinical use. The most recent multimodality system that combines PET and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers new potentials unthinkable before. The hybrid techniques allow obtaining simultaneous morphologic, functional, and molecular information of a living system. The proper use of multimodality imaging is of high importance as they facilitate both basic medical research and clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: PET/CT Ambulancia, Országos Onkológiai Intézet, Budapest, Hungary. katalin.borbely@oncol.hu.
authors.forename: Katalin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Borbély
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18