Report on the 2008 workshop:

The current state, challenges and perspectives of MR-PET

Hans Herzog, Uwe Pietrzyk, N. Jon Shah, Karl Ziemons

NeuroImage 49 (2010) 2072--2082;
doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.10.036

Request for reprint: h.herzog@fz-juelich.de

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2008: MR-PET: A Hybrid Imaging System

Satellite workshop of the  2008 IEEE NSS/MIC Symposium at Dresden

October 27-28, 2008
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

Location of the workshop: Lecturing Hall of the Central Library, Building 4.7, Helmholtz-Ring H3 

Program Flyer (PDF, 774 KB)

In the last few years there has been increasing interest in hybrid MR-PET scanners. Several groups have been developing such scanners for the study of rodents. Some of these prototypes utilize innovative solid-state electronics such as APDs as a replacement of magneto-sensitive photomultipliers. First studies demonstrating the advantages of simultaneous MR-PET measurements have already been published. An industrial prototype for combined 3T-MR-PET  in humans has being constructed and installed at the University of Tübingen, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and the Forschungszentrum Jülich. The first acquired images of simultaneous MR-PET measurements demonstrate the feasibility of the new approach.

The workshop on MR-PET was to offer a platform to present and discuss the present state of both animal and human MR-PET scanners. The ability of MR-PET systems to retain the typical PET attribute of absolute quantitation, new instrumental progress as well as developments towards whole-body MR-PET and the involvement of ultra-high field MR were addressed. For each topic there was an invited speaker and a limited number of proffered presentations.

The program comprised six topics:

  1. state-of-the-art of small animal MR-PET scanners
  2. state-of-the-art of human MR-BrainPET scanners
  3. issues of quantitative PET in hybrid imaging
  4. improved MR-compatible PET components
  5. advantages and challenges of whole-body MR-PET and
  6. future MR-PET scanners utilizing ultra-high field.

The speakers, moderators and more than 100 attendees from 20 countries made the workshop a great success. 

 

For further questions:  mr-pet@fz-juelich.de

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