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PET/MRI

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As described in the previous chapter, combined positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) scanners have several advantages over conventional stand alone PET (PET only) systems. Most importantly, accurately aligned PET and CT images are produced immediately after the PET/CT examination. In addition, the overall PET scan time is significantly reduced by using the CT information for the PET attenuation correction.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

    Jae Sung Lee Ph.D.

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, 110-744, South Korea

    Keon Wook Kang M.D., Ph.D.

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  1. and Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas, Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Holcombe Blvd. 1515, Houston, 77030, Texas, USA

    E. Edmund Kim

  2. Gachon University School of Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guwol-dong 1198, Namdong-Gu, Incheon, 405, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Myung-Chul Lee

  3. Yokohama City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Fukuura 3-9, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 236-0004, Japan

    Tomio Inoue

  4. The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Dept. of Experimental Diagnostic Imaging, Holcombe Blvd. 1400, Houston, 77030, Texas, USA

    Wai-Hoi Wong

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Lee, J.S., Kang, K.W. (2013). PET/MRI. In: Kim, E., Lee, MC., Inoue, T., Wong, WH. (eds) Clinical PET and PET/CT. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0802-5_33

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