Molecular Imaging II

• 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, 185/2
• 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:

• Amplification Strategies
• Optical Methods
• PET and SPECT
• Environment-sensitive and Enzyme-sensitive MR Contrast Agents
• Molecular Targets and Biomarkers for Imaging
• Peptides, Multimers and Polymers
• Small Molecule Receptors as Imaging Targets
• Enzymes/Transporters
• Phage Peptide Display
• Applications: Experimental Imaging
• Molecular Imaging: Reporter Gene Imaging
• The Use of Ultrasound in Transfection and Transgene Expression
• Magnetic Resonance of Mouse Models of Cardiac Disease
• Translational Imaging: Imaging of Apoptosis
• Molecular Imaging of PET Reporter Gene Expression
• Noninvasive Cell Tracking
• Noninvasive Tracer Techniques to Characterize Angiogenesis
• Molecular Imaging-guided Gene Therapy of Gliomas.