Abstract #3045

Title: Preliminary Clinical Experience with Simultaneous MR-PET Acquisition: Developing Optimal Protocols for Body Examinations

Kathryn Jane Fowler¹, Costa Raptis², Agus Priatna³, Jonathan McConathy, Rex Parker, Vamsi Narra⁴, Pamela Woodard⁵

¹Body MRI, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, Mo, United States; ²Cardiothoracic imaging, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, Mo, United States; ³Siemens; ⁴Abdominal Imaging, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, Mo, United States; ⁵Cardiothoracic Imaging, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, Mo, United States

Initial experience with Magnetic Resonance PET imaging for body applications with emphasis on development of optimal focused and whole-body protocols. Comparison of intraindividual PET-CT and MR-PET.