Joachim
Bernhard Maria Kaffanke1, Irene Neuner1,2, Tony Stcker1,
Lutz Tellmann1, Karl-Joseph Langen1, Hans Herzog1,
N. Jon Shah1,2
1Institute of Neurosciences and
Medicine 4, Medical Imaging Physics, Forschungszentrum Jlich GmbH, 52425
Juelich, Germany; 2Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology,
RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
The
new technology of hybrid MR-PET scanners offers great opportunities for the
investigation of scientific questions and clinical diagnosis that are related
to metabolism as well as function and structure of the brain. Despite the
fact that the implementation of a PET ring inside the bore of a modern whole
body MR scanner is demanding the benefits in terms of scan time reduction as
well as spatial and temporal co-registration speak for the combination of
these complementary technologies. In this feasibility study we demonstrate
the simultaneous acquisition of FET-PET and fMRI data in human subjects with
brain tumours.