title: Workflow in Simultaneous PET/MRI.
abstract: The advent of simultaneous PET/MRI brought a large amount of possibilities in research and clinical applications into hybrid imaging. Unlike in PET/CT protocols, the MR component provides an almost unlimited number of pulse sequences and possibilities of different protocols in PET/MRI. Nevertheless, there is an imperative to reduce excessive imaging protocols to realistic clinical practice imaging acquisition. The design of a concise and indication-adapted protocol that provides an efficient workflow in a clinical reality is necessary to transform PET/MRI to a cost-effective imaging modality in addition to PET/CT. The aim of the current article is to point out the main considerations regarding workflow, imaging protocols, and image analysis in simultaneous PET/MRI system in oncology and share our thoughts and experience in acquisition optimization compared with the current literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Felipe de Galiza
authors.initials: Fde G
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Gustav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: von Schulthess
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: Patrick.Veit-Haibach@usz.ch.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Veit-Haibach
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D012107:Research Design; D057188:Workflow