Abstract #0755

FDG-PET Imaging with First Combined Whole-Body MR-PET vs. Conventional PET/CT: Qualitative & Quantitative Comparison of Results

DAVID IZQUIERDO-GARCIA¹, VALENTIN FUSTER^2,3, JEFFREY KASTE⁴, TROY HAVENS⁴, GARY MUSWICK⁵, NAVDEEP OJHA⁴, ZHIQIANG HU⁴, JOSEF MACHAC⁶, ZAHI A. FAYAD^1,2

¹Translational & Molecular Imaging Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; ²Department of Cardiology, Zena & Michael A. Weiner Cardiovascular Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; ³Department of Cardiology, Marie-Jose & Henry R. Kravis Cardiovascular Health Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; ⁴Philips Healthcare, Cleveland, OH, USA; ⁵Philips Healthcare, Cleveland, OH, USA; ⁶Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

The objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of the new combined Whole-Body MR-PET scanner in terms of a qualitative and quantitative analysis compared to a conventional clinical PET/CT scanner. 15 patients were scanned on the combined Whole-Body MR-PET scanner (Philips) immediately following a clinical PET/CT scanner (GE DLS) to allow comparison of the images. The results on this study show a high correlation between SUV mean and max values (r = 0.91 and r= 0.97, p<0.0001 respectively). These results reflect the possibilities of FDG-PET imaging with the combined MR-PET scanner compared with a conventional PET/CT system.