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Abstract #0219

Development of a Simultaneous PET-MRI Breast Imaging System

Bosky Ravindranath1, Sachin S. Junnarkar2, David Bennett3, Xiaole Hong3, Ken Cheng3, Sean Stoll2, Martin L. Purschke2, Sri Harsha Maramraju1, Dardo Tomasi2, Sudeepti Southekal1, Paul Vaska2, Craig Woody2, David J. Schlyer2

1Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Brookhaven, NY, United States; 2Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, United States; 3Aurora Imaging Technology Inc., North Andover, MA, United States


At Brookhaven National Laboratory, we are developing a MRI compatible dedicated breast PET scanner that will enable simultaneous PET-MRI imaging of the breast. We have developed and tested a prototype version of the PET system that has an average resolution less than 2 mm FWHM. Good quality MRI images were obtained with the PET system operating unshielded inside the field of view of a 1.5 T dedicated breast MRI. Our next goal is to acquire simultaneous PET-MRI images using the prototype PET and dedicated breast MRI system.