Simultaneous Whole-Body PET/MR: Challenges and Opportunities

Isabel Dregely¹, Ambros Beer¹, Axel Martinez-Moeller¹, Sebastian Fuerst¹, Matthias Eiber¹, Gaspar Delso¹, Hua-Lei Zhang¹, Michael Souvatz¹, Alexander Drzezga¹

Simultaneous PET/MR is a technical revolution. However, the scientific and clinical added value by simultaneous imaging has yet to be proven. The goal of this presentation is to give the reader the necessary background to understand, critically evaluate and participate in this exciting development in multi-modality imaging.