Abstract #0703

A New PET Insert for Simultaneous PET/MR Small Animal Imaging

Hans F. Wehrl¹, Konrad Lankes¹,², Mosaddek Hossain¹, Ilja Bezrukov¹,³, Chih-Chieh Liu¹, Petros Martirosian⁴, Gerald Reischl¹, Fritz Schick⁴, Bernd J. Pichler¹

¹Department for Preclinical Imaging and Radiopharmacy, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany; ²Bruker BioSpin MRI, Ettlingen, Germany; ³Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tuebingen, Germany; ⁴Section on Experimental Radiology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

A new small animal PET/MR system is presented with a performance comparable to stand alone commercial solutions. A detailed evaluation of the mutual interference as well as the PET and MR characteristics is given. Additional in vivo imaging data shows the huge potential of simultaneous PET/MR.