First Mediterranean Thematic Workshop on Advanced Molecular Brain Imaging with Compact High Performance MRI-Compatible PET and SPECT Imagers – Potential for a Paradigm Shift

Session

Multimodality systems:

Aug 30, 2012, 5:20 PM

Giardini di Naxos (Taormina, Sicily)

33. MR Basics and PET/MR Interferences

H. Wehrl

8/30/12, 5:20 PM

Abstract. In this talk, two topics involved in multimodality imaging are covered: The basics of Magnetic Resonance (MR) Imaging, as well as the possible cross-modality interferences in combined PET/MR systems. MR has evolved in the second half of the 20th century from a purely analytical tool used in chemistry to a powerful medical imaging modality. Its major strengths are the use of non...