Molecular Imaging I

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Semmler, Wolfhard (Editor), Schwaiger, Markus (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 185/1
• Subjects: Medicine.; Pharmacology.; Radiology.; Nuclear medicine.; Radiotherapy.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Imaging / Radiology.; Nuclear Medicine.; Ultrasound.

The aim of this textbook of molecular imaging is to provide an up to date review of this rapidly growing field and to discuss basic methodological aspects necessary for the interpretation of experimental and clinical results. Emphasis is placed on the interplay of imaging technology and probe develo...

Table of Contents:

• Instrumentation
• Fundamentals of Optical Imaging
• Micro-CT
• PET & SPECT Instrumentation
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy
• Ultrasound Basics
• Multimodal Imaging Approaches: PET/CT and PET/MRI
• Imaging Probes
• Contrast Agents: Magnetic Resonance
• Contrast Agents: X-ray Contrast Agents and Molecular Imaging – A Contradiction?
• Radiopharmaceuticals: Molecular Imaging using Positron Emission Tomography
• Optical Agents
• Ultrasound Contrast Agents for Molecular Imaging
• Agents for Polarization Enhancement in MRI.