Clinical PET/MRI

Clinical PET/MR presents the state of the art of PET/MR, guiding the reader from how to scan patients to how to read and report the studies, always keeping an eye on what is clinically relevant and what impacts on patient’s care. Each chapter starts with the clinical scenario and then moves to pertinent imaging, addressing the need of a clinical PET/MR book written by world experts in both clinical and imaging fields.The book discusses the clinical application of PET/MR in diverse subspecialties such as head and neck, neurology, cardiovascular, pediatrics, chest, bone, hematology, breast, hepatobiliary pancreatic, genitourinary, gynecology, and gastrointestinal tract. In addition, it discusses current and new contrast agents and radiopharmaceuticals.It is a valuable resource for radiologists, oncologists and members of biomedical field who needs to learn more about clinical applications of PETMR. Presents a description of robust acquisition protocols to teach readers how to scan PET/MR patients, from tracers to sequences Encompasses clinical background section for each chapter to help readers focus on the real clinical issues to be addressed in the medical report Written by world authorities in the field in a didactic manner to describe the real status of imaging