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Abstract #2756

Simultaneous Whole-Body PET/MR: Challenges and Opportunities

Isabel Dregely1, Ambros Beer1, Axel Martinez-Moeller1, Sebastian Fuerst1, Matthias Eiber1, Gaspar Delso1, Hua-Lei Zhang1, Michael Souvatz1, Alexander Drzezga1

1Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar der TU Mnchen, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Simultaneous PET/MR is a technical revolution. However, the scientific and clinical added value by simultaneous imaging has yet to be proven. The goal of this presentation is to give the reader the necessary background to understand, critically evaluate and participate in this exciting development in multi-modality imaging.

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