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Abstract #3045

Title: Preliminary Clinical Experience with Simultaneous MR-PET Acquisition: Developing Optimal Protocols for Body Examinations

Kathryn Jane Fowler1, Costa Raptis2, Agus Priatna3, Jonathan McConathy, Rex Parker, Vamsi Narra4, Pamela Woodard5

1Body MRI, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, Mo, United States; 2Cardiothoracic imaging, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, Mo, United States; 3Siemens; 4Abdominal Imaging, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, Mo, United States; 5Cardiothoracic Imaging, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, Mo, United States

Initial experience with Magnetic Resonance PET imaging for body applications with emphasis on development of optimal focused and whole-body protocols. Comparison of intraindividual PET-CT and MR-PET.

Keywords

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