Children with malignancies undergo recurrent imaging as part of tumor diagnosis, staging and therapy response assessment. Simultaneous positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance (MR) allows for decreased radiation exposure and acts as a one-stop shop for disease in which MR imaging is required. Nevertheless, PET/MR is still less readily available than PET/CT across institutions. This article serves as a guide to successful implementation of a clinical pediatric PET/MR program based on our extensive clinical experience. Challenges include making scanners more affordable and increasing patient throughput by decreasing total scan time. With improvements in workflow and robust acquisition protocols, PET/MR imaging is expected to play an increasingly important role in pediatric oncology.

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儿科正电子发射断层扫描/磁共振程序：成功实施的指南。

患有恶性肿瘤的儿童要进行复发性成像，作为肿瘤诊断，分期和治疗反应评估的一部分。同时进行正电子发射断层扫描（PET）和磁共振（MR）可以减少辐射暴露，并成为需要MR成像的疾病的一站式服务。尽管如此，跨机构的PET / MR仍然不如PET / CT容易获得。本文基于我们丰富的临床经验，为成功实施临床儿科PET / MR计划提供了指南。挑战包括使扫描仪价格更便宜，并通过减少总扫描时间来提高患者的吞吐量。随着工作流程的改进和强大的采集协议，PET / MR成像有望在儿科肿瘤学中发挥越来越重要的作用。