Comparison of functional imaging in multiple myeloma patients: Indication for hybrid-imaging with PET/MRI?

Methods 24 primary and pre-treated patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma according to the International Myeloma Working Group criteria were examined by F-FDG PET/CT and whole-body MRI including DWI (b= 0, and b= 800 s/mm). F-FDG PET/MRI was used to achieve correct matching of findings in the corresponding PET/ CT study. Suspicious lesions were defined by the imaging gold-standard of nonenhanced T1-w/T2-wMRI and low-dose CT.