Open AccessDetection of Small Pulmonary Nodules with Ultrashort Echo Time Sequences in Oncology Patients by Using a PET/MR System
Author(s) -
Nicholas S. Burris,
Kevin M. Johnson,
Peder E. Z. Larson,
Michael D. Hope,
Scott K. Nagle,
Spencer C. Behr,
Thomas A. Hope
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.118
H-Index - 295
eISSN - 1527-1315
pISSN - 0033-8419
DOI - 10.1148/radiol.2015150489
Subject(s) - medicine , nuclear medicine , nodule (geology) , magnetic resonance imaging , mcnemar's test , solitary pulmonary nodule , radiology , computed tomography , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , biology
To investigate the utility of a free-breathing ultrashort echo time (UTE) sequence for the evaluation of small pulmonary nodules in oncology patients by using a hybrid positron emission tomography (PET)/magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system and to compare the nodule detection rate between UTE and a conventional three-dimensional gradient-recalled-echo (GRE) technique.