title: Practical Considerations for Clinical PET/MR Imaging.
abstract: Clinical PET/MR imaging is currently performed at a number of centers around the world as part of routine standard of care. This article focuses on issues and considerations for a clinical PET/MR imaging program, focusing on routine standard-of-care studies. Although local factors influence how clinical PET/MR imaging is implemented, the approaches and considerations described here intend to apply to most clinical programs. PET/MR imaging provides many more options than PET/computed tomography with diagnostic advantages for certain clinical applications but with added complexity. A recurring theme is matching the PET/MR imaging protocol to the clinical application to balance diagnostic accuracy with efficiency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), 619 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Galgano
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Washington University in St Louis, 510 South Kingshighway Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
authors.forename: Zachary
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Viets
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Washington University in St Louis, 510 South Kingshighway Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fowler
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), 619 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA.
authors.forename: Lael
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gore
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), 619 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA.
authors.forename: John V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), 619 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McNamara
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), 619 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA. Electronic address: jmcconathy@uabmc.edu.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McConathy
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*
keywords: FDG-PET; Oncologic imaging; PET/MR imaging; PET/MR imaging protocols; Whole-body PET/MR imaging