Initial experience on protocol optimization for integrated PET/MR

VernacularTitle:PET/MR一体机操作优化的初步经验
Author: Jiajin LIU ; Yingmao CHEN ; Xiongwei ZHANG ; Liping FU ; Jiahe TIAN ; Dayi YIN ; Baixuan XU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Tomography,emission-computed; Magnetic resonance imaging; Image processing,computer-assisted
From: Chinese Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2014;34(6):438-442
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the optimal workflow and protocol for integrated PET/MR by comparison with PET/CT.Methods A total of 228 patients were enrolled in this study for PET/CT and PET/MR evaluation on the same day.Six PET/MR protocols with different MR sequences but the same PET acquisition protocol were investigated and the optimal protocol was identified based on image quality,acquisition time and diagnostic performance.Results PET/MR workflow was similar to PET/CT,however,some special issues needed to be considered for PET/MR.Among the 6 protocols,protocol No.6 outperformed others for body and head regions.Types of artifacts were found more often in PET/MR than in PET/CT.Conclusions By optimizing the protocol,PET/MR could achieve almost the same diagnostic performance as PET/CT.However,the issues of long acquisition time and artifacts on PET/MR need to be further improved.