Combined 1H MRI, PET and Multinuclear MRS hybrid imaging system

Combined 1H MRI, PET and Multinuclear MRS hybrid imaging system

Center for Advanced Imaging, Department of Radiology, West Virginia University, 1 Medical Center Drive, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA In this abstract we describe a novel method of combining three imaging modalities: H Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), and multinuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) in one system dedicated for true molecular imaging. The a...

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Biocompatible nanocomposite for PET/MRI hybrid imaging

A novel nanocarrier system was designed and developed with key components uniquely structured at the nanoscale for early cancer diagnosis and treatment. In order to perform magnetic resonance imaging, hydrophilic superparamagnetic maghemite nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized and coated with a lipophilic organic ligand. Next, they were entrapped into polymeric NPs made of biodegradable poly(la...

First Hybrid Images from a Combined PET and Field-Cycled MRI System

Introduction There is substantial interest in combining functional and anatomical imaging modalities into hybrid systems [1]. Efforts to combine PET and MRI must overcome the incompatibility of conventional PET detectors based on photomultiplier tubes (PMT) with magnetic fields. There are a number of approaches to PET and MRI modify PET detectors to make them compatible with conventional MRI [2...

Pediatric Oncologic Imaging: A Key Application of Combined PET/MRI.

UNLABELLED Pediatric imaging has been identified as a key application of combined whole-body PET/MRI. First studies have revealed the clinical feasibility and possible advantages of PET/MRI over PET/CT and MRI. Besides a significant reduction in radiation exposure of about 50 - 75 %, combined whole-body PET/MRI offers the diagnostic advantage of the multiparametric characterization of pathophys...