In Vivo Imaging of Cancer Therapy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Shields, Anthony F. (Editor), Price, Pat (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2007.
• Series: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development
• Subjects: Medicine.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Imaging studies are frequently used to evaluate the success of cancer treatments for a variety of tumor types. In Vivo Imaging of Cancer Therapy addresses a variety of cutting-edge imaging techniques, including their use for best practice, and provides examples of results found in both pre-clinical...

Table of Contents:

• Role of Imaging in Cancer Treatment
• Preclinical Models of Tumor Growth and Response
• Anatomical Measure of Tumor Growth with Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of Blood Flow and Hypoxia in Tumors
• Magnetic Resonance Measurement of Tumor Perfusion and Vascularity
• Computed Tomography Measurements of Perfusion in Cancer Therapy
• [18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Assessment of Response
• Measurement of Tumor Proliferation with Positron Emission Tomography and Treatment Response
• Estrogen-Receptor Imaging and Assessing Response to Hormonal Therapy of Breast Cancer
• Quantitative Approaches to Positron Emission Tomography
• Positron Emission Tomography Measurement of Drug Kinetics
• Imaging Genes for Viral and Adoptive Therapies
• In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Clinical Oncology
• Magnetic Resonance Probes for Tumor Imaging
• Fluorescent Imaging of Tumors
• Imaging of Apoptosis.