Simultaneously Operated Preclinical PET/MRI Imaging Research Scanners Available

For the first time researchers now have access to preclinical imaging systems for simultaneous Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) imaging.

Simultaneous acquisition of PET and MRI images provides researchers with more accurate comparative results, saves time, reduces radiation exposure, and can benefit neurobiology, cardiovascular, and cancer research scientists. A combined system enables researchers to view dynamic physiological and pathological processes, and locate PET findings more accurately as a result of improved image registration, and image fusion.


The combined PET/MRI system was developed by MR Solutions (Guildford, Surrey, UK), a global MRI imaging leader with more than 1,000 installations globally in the last 30 years. The new MRS-PET system is inserted in the cryogen-free 3-T, 4.7-T, or 7-T MRI magnet and has an imaging resolution of <0.8 mm.

MR Solutions also offers a lower cost solution, a sequential PET/MR imaging system, made by clipping MRS-PET in front of the bore of the MRI technology. This solution enables automatic imaging from one modality to another on the same axis, and allows MRI or PET imaging to be used independently without the need to move research subjects to a different machine.

Chief Executive, MR Solutions, Dr. David Taylor, said, “We are always looking at ways to improve research results. Our multimodality technology now facilitates simultaneous PET/MRI imaging for much faster research outcomes as well as the acquisition of data from two imaging modalities simultaneously. Researchers will be able to quickly carry out their work on subjects with rapidly changing physiological and pathological processes. A great deal of time can now be saved in the laboratory helping to speed up drug development.”

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