Molecular Imaging in Oncology

Description:

With molecular imaging becoming one the fastest growing topics in medical schools, Informa Healthcare presents Molecular Imaging in Oncology, the first comprehensive reference on molecular imaging in oncology.Giving clinicians and researchers a greater understanding of the current field, this text covers:instrumentation and techniquescancer imaging

Table of Contents:

A Word on “Molecular Imaging”

Foundations

1. Tumor Biology

2. Introduction to Molecular Biology

3. Methods in Molecular Biology

4. The Analysis of Complex Data Sets: Challenges and Opportunities

Instrumentation

5. Molecular PET Instrumentation and Imaging Techniques

6. Molecular SPECT Imaging Instrumentation and Techniques

7. Ultrasound Instrumentation and Techniques

8. Oncological Applications of MR Spectroscopy

9. Physiological and Functional Imaging with CT: Techniques and Applications

10. Multimodality Imaging Instrumentation and Techniques

Probe Design

11. Targeted Agents for MRI

12. High-Throughput Screening for Probe Development

13. Radiopharmaceuticals for SPECT

14. Radionuclides for Therapy

15. CEST Contrast Agents

16. Optical Imaging Probes

17. Nanoparticle-Based Molecular Imaging in Living Subjects

18. Long-Lived and Unconventional PET Radionuclides

19. Design of New Imaging Agents Using Positron-Emitting Radionuclides as the Reporter

20. Targeted Radiolabeled Receptor-Avid Peptides

21. Targeted Ultrasound Contrast Agents

Small Animal Imaging

22. Quantification in Small-Animal PET and SPECT Imaging

23. In Vivo Imaging Mouse Models of Breast Cancer

24. Basics of Small Animal Handling for In Vivo Imaging

Molecular-genetic Imaging

25. Imaging Cellular Networks and Protein-Protein Interactions In Vivo

26. Novel Reporter Probes for HSV1-tk Gene Expression

27. Clinical Potential of Gene Expression Imaging

28. Molecular-Genetic Imaging

Cellular Processes

29. Imaging Angiogenesis

30. Imaging Apoptosis

31. Imaging Cell Trafficking with MR Imaging

32. General Considerations for Labeling and Imaging of Cells

33. Molecular Imaging of the Extracellular Matrix and Lymphatic Phenomena in Tumors

34. Nuclear Imaging of Adoptive Cell Therapies

35. Optical Techniques for Imaging of Cell Trafficking

Clinical Translation

36. Radiopharmaceutical Therapy of Cancer

37. Radioimmunodetection of Cancer: The Next Dimension

38. Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Cancer Treatment Response Assessment

39. Molecular Imaging of Breast Cancer

40. FDG PET/CT Imaging: Clinical Uses and Opportunities

41. Molecular Imaging in Prostate Cancer

Opportunities from Industry/Government

42. Anticancer Drug Development with Optical Imaging

43. Drug Development with Radiopharmaceuticals

44. NIH Funding Sources for Molecular Imaging in Oncology

45. Drug Development with Magnetic Resonance Imaging

46. Industrial-Academic Collaboration

47. The Future of Molecular Imaging

Index

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