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Whole-Body MRI and FDG PET Fused Images for Evaluation of Patients with Cancer

Authors :
Lea Mirian Barbosa da Fonseca
Roberto Cortes Domingues
Fernanda Cristina Rueda Lopes
Michel Pontes Carneiro
Emerson Leandro Gasparetto
Romeu Côrtes Domingues
Source :
American Journal of Roentgenology. 192:1012-1020
Publication Year :
2009
Publisher :
American Roentgen Ray Society, 2009.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to illustrate the feasibility of fused whole-body MRI and PET for the evaluation of patients with cancer.CONCLUSION. MRI has proven to be superior to CT for studying several regions of the body, and PET FDG has become an established diagnostic tool in oncology. Because FDG accumulates avidly in tumor tissue, fusing FDG PET to whole-body MRI allows good anatomy-based evaluation of disease.

Details

ISSN :
15463141 and 0361803X
Volume :
192
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
American Journal of Roentgenology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....3e009d89819c480de87229b760a7f176
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.08.1498