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Review
. 2019 Jan;14(1):121-133.
doi: 10.1016/j.cpet.2018.08.003. Epub 2018 Oct 24.

Hybrid Imaging (PET-Computed Tomography/PET-MR Imaging) of Bone Metastases

Christian Schmidkonz  1 , Stephan Ellmann  2 , Philipp Ritt  3 , Frank W Roemer  2 , Ali Guermazi  4 , Michael Uder  2 , Torsten Kuwert  3 , Tobias Bäuerle  2
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Hybrid Imaging (PET-Computed Tomography/PET-MR Imaging) of Bone Metastases

Christian Schmidkonz et al. PET Clin. 2019 Jan.

Abstract

Bone metastases are a common source of osseous malignancy in the skeleton and affect up to 70% of all cancer patients. Hybrid imaging modalities including positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) and PET/MRI play an increasing role for the detection and follow-up of metastatic disease, especially in monitoring treatment response upon local or systemic therapy. This review summarizes current applications of PET/CT and PET/MRI in the clinical setting for imaging of metastases.

Keywords: Bone metastases; Hybrid imaging; PET/MR imaging; PET/computed tomography (CT).

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