Effects of Magnetic Fields of up to 9.4 T on Resolution and Contrast of PET Images as Measured with an MR-BrainPET

N. Jon Shah; Hans Herzog; Christoph Weirich; Lutz Tellmann; Joachim Kaffanke; Liliana Caldeira; Elena Rota Kops; Syed M. Qaim; Heinz H. Coenen; Hidehiro Iida

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0095250

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Effects of Magnetic Fields of up to 9.4 T on Resolution and Contrast of PET Images as Measured with an MR-BrainPET

N. Jon Shah ,

* E-mail: n.j.shah@fz-juelich.de

Affiliations Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, INM-4: Medical Imaging Physics, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, JARA, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Hans Herzog,

Affiliation Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, INM-4: Medical Imaging Physics, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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Christoph Weirich,

Affiliation Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, INM-4: Medical Imaging Physics, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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Lutz Tellmann,

Affiliation Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, INM-4: Medical Imaging Physics, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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Joachim Kaffanke,

Affiliation Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, INM-4: Medical Imaging Physics, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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Liliana Caldeira,

Affiliation Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, INM-4: Medical Imaging Physics, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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Elena Rota Kops,

Affiliation Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, INM-4: Medical Imaging Physics, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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Syed M. Qaim,

Affiliation Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, INM-5: Nuclear Chemistry, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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Heinz H. Coenen,

Affiliation Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, INM-5: Nuclear Chemistry, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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Hidehiro Iida

Affiliation Department of Investigative Radiology, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Osaka, Japan
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Effects of Magnetic Fields of up to 9.4 T on Resolution and Contrast of PET Images as Measured with an MR-BrainPET

N. Jon Shah,
Hans Herzog,
Christoph Weirich,
Lutz Tellmann,
Joachim Kaffanke,
Liliana Caldeira,
Elena Rota Kops,
Syed M. Qaim,
Heinz H. Coenen,
Hidehiro Iida

Published: April 22, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095250

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