title: PET/MRI for the body imager: abdominal and pelvic oncologic applications.
abstract: The purpose of this pictorial review is to describe emerging clinical applications of positron emission tomography (PET)/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the newest clinical hybrid imaging modality, with a specific focus on abdominal and pelvic malignancies. Important issues regarding the clinical implementation of PET/MRI systems, including workflow considerations and protocol development, are examined. The unique technical challenges of simultaneous PET/MRI acquisition and MRI-based attenuation correction are also briefly discussed. This article is intended to provide the body imager with an overview of the potential diagnostic advantages of PET/MRI, as compared to PET/CT or MRI alone.
authors: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, USA, fraumt@mir.wustl.edu.
authors: Tyler J
authors: TJ
authors: Fraum
authors: Kathryn J
authors: KJ
authors: Fowler
authors: Jon
authors: J
authors: McConathy
authors: Ephraim E
authors: EE
authors: Parent
authors: Farrokh
authors: F
authors: Dehdashti
authors: Perry W
authors: PW
authors: Grigsby
authors: Barry A
authors: BA
authors: Siegel
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography