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FDG Whole-Body PET/MRI in Oncology: a Systematic Review

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The recent advance in hybrid imaging techniques enables offering simultaneous positron emission tomography (PET)/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in various clinical fields. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET has been widely used for diagnosis and evaluation of oncologic patients. The growing evidence from research and clinical experiences demonstrated that PET/MRI with FDG can provide comparable or superior diagnostic performance more than conventional radiological imaging such as computed tomography (CT), MRI or PET/CT in various cancers. Combined analysis using structural information and functional/molecular information of tumors can draw additional diagnostic information based on PET/MRI. Further studies including determination of the diagnostic efficacy, optimizing the examination protocol, and analysis of the hybrid imaging results is necessary for extending the FDG PET/MRI application in clinical oncology.

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    Hyun Woo Kwon

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    Ann-Katharina Becker

  3. Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

    Jin Mo Goo

  4. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehang-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03080, Republic of Korea

    Gi Jeong Cheon

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Kwon, H.W., Becker, AK., Goo, J.M. et al. FDG Whole-Body PET/MRI in Oncology: a Systematic Review. Nucl Med Mol Imaging 51, 22–31 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-016-0411-3

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