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IN DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING? A PET/MRI, 3.0T Intraoperative MRI, Large Bore PET/CT, and More By Robert Janek SK DR. PABLO ROS, "What's new?" and be prepared for a lengthy answer. Dr. Ros is chair of the Department of Pablo R. Ros, MD, MPH, PhD, chair of the Department of Radiology at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, stands in the intraoperative MRI monitoring room at UH Seidman Cancer Center. Radiology at University Hospitals Case Medical Center and the Theodore J. Castele University Chairman and Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, which is home not only to UH Seidman Cancer Center but also to the Global Advanced Imaging Innovation Center. Established with $33.4 million from Philips Healthcare and $5 million in Third Frontier grants from the state of Ohio, the Global Advanced Imaging Innovation Center was created to enable researchers at University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) and Philips to develop new diagnostic imaging technology. UH Seidman is the fi rst cancer hospital in the nation to have an intraoperative MRI Siemens Verio 3.0 Tesla. "As part of the Global Advanced Imaging Innovation Center, we have diagnostic technology at the UH Seidman Cancer Center that can't be found in a cancer hospital anywhere else in the world," says Dr. Ros. "Our technology is really extraordinary." One example is the Philips PET/ MRI Ingenia system which provides the physiologic information of PET along with the anatomic detail of MRI to generate enhanced digital images, enabling radiologists to accurately pinpoint cancer locations for more precise treatment. "This is really innovative tech- nology — we're the f irst clinical setting in the nation with a PET/ MRI. There's one other in the U.S., but it's in a research facility," says Dr. Ros. "We are very fortunate to have this here for cancer patients." UH Seidman Cancer Center is also the first cancer hospital in the nation to have an intraoperative MRI Siemens Verio 3.0 Tesla. Connected to an operating suite, this technology allows surgeons to obtain real-time MR images before a procedure is completed to ensure cancerous tissue is completely removed, thus reducing the need for additional surgery at a later date. This is especially advantageous for patients with brain tumors. Still another technology "first" is the Philips Gemini TF Big Bore PET/ CT system installed at UH Seidman Cancer Center for cancer diagnosing, staging, treatment planning and