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Practical guide for implementing hybrid PET/MR clinical service: lessons learned from our experience

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Positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging, until recently, have been performed on separate PET and MR systems with varying temporal delay between the two acquisitions. The interpretation of these two separately acquired studies requires cognitive fusion by radiologists/nuclear medicine physicians or dedicated and challenging post-processing. Recent advances in hardware and software with introduction of hybrid PET/MR systems have made it possible to acquire the PET and MR images simultaneously or near simultaneously. This review article serves as a road-map for clinical implementation of hybrid PET/MR systems and briefly discusses hardware systems, the personnel needs, safety and quality issues, and reimbursement topics based on experience at NYU Langone Medical Center and Cleveland Clinic.

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  1. Department of Radiology, New York University Langone Medical Center, 660 1st Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY, 10016, USA

    Nainesh Parikh, Kent P. Friedman & Hersh Chandarana

  2. Abdominal Imaging and Nuclear Radiology, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Mail Code JB3, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA

    Shetal N. Shah

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Parikh, N., Friedman, K.P., Shah, S.N. et al. Practical guide for implementing hybrid PET/MR clinical service: lessons learned from our experience. Abdom Imaging 40, 1366–1373 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-015-0444-6

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