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Abstract #0148

Integrated 7T MRI & SPECT Systems for Small-Animal Imaging

Mark Jason Hamamura1, Seunghoon Ha1, Werner W. Roeck1, James Hugg2, Dirk Meier3, Bradley E. Patt2, Orhan Nalcioglu1, 4

1Tu & Yuen Center for Functional Onco-Imaging, University of California, Irvine, CA, United States; 2Gamma Medica, Inc., Northridge, CA, United States; 3Gamma Medica, Inc., Fornebu, Norway; 4Department of Cogno-Mechatronics Engineering, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea, Republic of

The integration of small-bore MRI and SPECT systems for back-to-back multimodality imaging has previously been limited to magnetic field strengths of only 0.1 T. Through the use of CZT-based nuclear radiation detectors, we have integrated SPECT with a 7 T MRI system for small-animal imaging. Co-registered MR and SPECT images of a mouse injected with 99mTc were acquired using this combined system.

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