Hybrid brain imaging with MRI/PET

Author

Prato, Frank S. ; Thompson, R. Terry ; Stodilka, Robert Z. ; Marshall, Harry R. ; Devito, Tim ; Robertson, John A. ; Thomas, Alex W. ; Théberge, Jean

Author_Institution

Imaging Program, Lawson Health Res. Inst., London, ON, Canada

fYear

2011

fDate

13-20 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Hybrid imaging and mapping of the brain has been a growing area. This has been driven by: a) the complimentary information provided by different technologies and b) the growing awareness that functional, metabolic and molecular events often occur in times too short to be captured by sequential imaging by different modalities. To address these needs Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) have been integrated into one platform. To achieve this PET technology had to be significantly modified and MR technology appropriately adapted. The technical challenges that have been met and the future benefits anticipated will be presented.

Keywords

biomedical MRI; brain; positron emission tomography; MR technology; MRI; PET technology; hybrid brain imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; molecular events; positron emission tomography; sequential imaging; Biomedical imaging; Blood flow; Diseases; Electroencephalography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Positron emission tomography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, 2011 XXXth URSI

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5117-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6051349

Filename

6051349