Molecular Imaging II

• 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.

From the reviews: "Topics covered are intended for a sophisticated multidisciplinary audience. ... serves as an introduction to the expansive field of molecular imaging while developing in the reader an understanding of many of the complexities that allow novel approaches to studying the physiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology of intact living systems. ... imaging scientists and clinicians who wish to learn more about the most advanced methods and applications of their craft should benefit from the coverage of the topics laid out in this book." (Geoffrey D. Clarke, Radiology, Vol. 256 (1), July, 2010)