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PET/MR Advantages and Challenges M. Mehdi Khalighi GE Healthcare

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Review Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Introduction to Magnetic Resonance and Spectroscopy (Pippa Storey) Review Positron Emission Tomography (PET) PET: Physics, Instrumentation and Scanners (Michael Phelps) Why hybrid PET/MR? Challenges of making hybrid PET/MR Outline

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MRI Review: Spin Precession

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MRI Review: Spin Precession / Alignment

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MRI Review: Spin Alignment

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MRI Review: Net Magnetization

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MRI Review: Resonance (Excitation)

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MRI Review: Free Induction Decay (FID)

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MRI Review: Relaxation

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MRI Review: Gradient Concept Paul Lauterbur 1929-2007 Peter Mansfield 1933-

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MRI Review: Gradient Concept

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MRI Review: 2D Imaging

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MRI Review: Image Reconstruction

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Winding Magnet

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Locking the Winding in Epoxy

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MRI Hardware Overview

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PET Review: Annihilation

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PET Review: Detector

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PET Review: Detector Ring

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Photoelectric Effect Compton Scatter PET Review: Photon Interactions in Matter

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PET Review: Positron Range

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PET Review: Non-Colinearity

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PET Review: Coincidence Event Types

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Courtesy of Dr. Craig Levin (Stanford Univ.) Why PET/MR?

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From Dr. Alexander Guimaraes (MGH) PET/MR Advantages

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From Dr. Alexander Guimaraes (MGH) PET/MR Advantages

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Slide from: Dominique Delbeke, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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System Overview

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PMT-based Module SiPM Module AA battery (size comparison) PET Detector

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PET Tube

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Thank You.