Feasibility of simultaneous PET-MR perfusion using a novel cardiac perfusion phantom.

Jim O'DohertyEva SammutPaul SchleyerJames StirlingMuhummad Sohaib NazirPaul K MarsdenAmedeo Chiribiri

Published in: European journal of hybrid imaging (2017)

The perfusion phantom allows accurate and reproducible simulation of the myocardial kinetics for simultaneous PET-MR imaging, and may find use in protocol design and development of PET-MR based quantification techniques and direct comparison of quantification of the two modalities.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced
computed tomography
positron emission tomography
magnetic resonance imaging
pet ct
dual energy
image quality
magnetic resonance
pet imaging
left ventricular
randomized controlled trial
heart failure
high resolution
mass spectrometry
monte carlo
clinical evaluation