MRI/PET Imaging Using Dual Agents with Time of Flight Capability
August 8, 2017 | Terry Sharrer
Two injected radioagents– fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) and 18F-sodium fluoride (18F-NaF)—followed by quantitative MRI/PET scanning, produces better images which show prostate and breast tumors metastasized to bone. As this piece says, “Dual-agent PET/MR is further supported by time of flight, a quantitative feature of modern PET image reconstruction that approximates the position where photons are created as radioactive agents’ decay, which translates into finer image quality.” MORE
Image Credit: Stanford University