Motion-corrected whole-heart PET-MR for the simultaneous visualisation of coronary artery integrity and myocardial viability: an initial clinical validation.
Camila MunozKarl P KunzeRadhouene NejiTeresa VitadelloChristoph RischplerRené M BotnarStephan G NekollaClaudia PrietoPublished in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2018)
The feasibility of the PET-CMRA framework for simultaneous cardiac PET-MR imaging in a short and predictable scan time (~11 min) has been demonstrated in 14 patients with CTO. Motion correction increased visible length and sharpness of the coronary arteries by CMRA, and improved delineation of the myocardium by 18F-FDG PET, resulting in good agreement with X-ray angiography and LGE-MRI.