Combination bone marrow imaging using positron emission tomography (PET)-MRI in plasma cell dyscrasias: correlation with prognostic laboratory values and clinicopathological diagnosis

This prospective observational study of positron emission tomography (PET)-MRI findings in 16 consecutive newly diagnosed patients with a plasma cell dyscrasia describes and compares MRI-detected myeloma lesions with 18F-fludeoxyglucose PET-avid myeloma lesions, and correlates quantitative imaging findings to a range of biochemical and prognostic parameters.Simultaneously acquired whole body PET and MRI images were evaluated qualitatively for...