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PET/MR Advantages and Challenges. M. Mehdi Khalighi GE Healthcare. Outline. Review Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Introduction to Magnetic Resonance and Spectroscopy ( Pippa Storey ) Review Positron Emission Tomography (PET) PET: Physics, Instrumentation and Scanners (Michael Phelps)
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PET/MR Advantages and Challenges M. Mehdi Khalighi GE Healthcare
Outline • Review Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) • Introduction to Magnetic Resonance and Spectroscopy (PippaStorey) • Review Positron Emission Tomography (PET) • PET: Physics, Instrumentation and Scanners (Michael Phelps) • Why hybrid PET/MR? • Challenges of making hybrid PET/MR
MRI Review: Gradient Concept Paul Lauterbur 1929-2007 Peter Mansfield 1933-
PET Review: Photon Interactions in Matter Photoelectric Effect Compton Scatter
Why PET/MR? Courtesy of Dr. Craig Levin (Stanford Univ.)
PET/MR Advantages From Dr. Alexander Guimaraes (MGH)
PET/MR Advantages From Dr. Alexander Guimaraes (MGH)
PET/MR Advantages Slide from: Dominique Delbeke, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
PET Detector PMT-based Module SiPM Module AA battery (size comparison)