Respiratory Motion Correction of Cardiac Combined Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (PET/MRI)

Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cardiac Imaging

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Cardiac PET/MRI

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03200132

16-4-156

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the possibility of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) based respiratory motion correction of simultaneously acquired cardiac Positron Emission Tomography (PET) images.

Enrollment: 15 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18F-FDG injection for clinical diagnostic PET/MRI or PET/CT

Exclusion criteria

• Diet-suppressed myocardial uptake of 18F-FDG
• General exclusion criteria for MRI (i.e. metallic implants, claustrophobia, pregnancy, etc.)
• Not willing to be informed about incidental findings