Abstract #3332

In-vivo Simultaneous Brain 18F FDG PET Imaging and 13C MR Spectroscopy: Initial Experience

Colm McGinnity¹, Radhouene Neji², Jane MacKewn¹, James Stirling¹, Sami Jeljeli¹, Titus Lanz³, Christian Geppert⁴, Mark Oehmigen⁵, Harald Quick⁵, Gary Cook¹, and Alexander Hammers¹

¹King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Siemens Healthcare, Frimley, United Kingdom, ³Rapid Biomedical, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁴Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

We investigate the feasibility of in-vivo simultaneous brain 18F FDG PET imaging and 13C MR spectroscopy using a dedicated dual-tuned 1H-13C coil with low PET attenuation. Simultaneous in-vivo 18F FDG PET imaging and 13C unlocalized natural abundance MR spectroscopy were performed on three patients. Initial results show the technical feasibility of the simultaneous in-vivo measurement with good spectral and PET image quality.

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