title: Recent Advances in MR Hardware and Software.
abstract: Tremendous advances have been made in abdominopelvic MR imaging, which continue to improve image quality, and make acquisitions faster and robust. We briefly discuss the role of non-Cartesian acquisition schemes as well as dual parallel radiofrequency (RF) transmit systems in the article to further improve image quality of the abdominal MR imaging. Furthermore, the use of hybrid PET/MR systems has the potential to synergistically combine MR imaging with PET acquisition, and the evolving role of hybrid PET/MR imaging is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, New York University Langone Medical Center, 660 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kierans
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, New York University Langone Medical Center, 660 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: Nainesh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Parikh
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, New York University Langone Medical Center, 660 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA. Electronic address: hersh.chandarana@nyumc.org.
authors.forename: Hersh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chandarana
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D012984:Software
keywords: Abdominal MRI; Hybrid PET/MR imaging; Non-Cartesian imaging techniques; PET/MR systems; Radial imaging; Spiral imaging