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Molecular Imaging

Molecular Imaging could understanding disease or state the disease processes from the physiology and the biochemistry level. Not only it can improve the capability of disease diagnosis, but also it can discover the disease from molecule level. It's the real method of early diagnosis and preemptive therapy. Because of it's development and capacity, molecular imaging will be the development direction of Medical imageology, and lead to the biomedical model revolution.
Diagnostic Imaging ; Molecular Imaging

In this paper the concept of molecular imaging is introduced, and its importance is addressed. Besides, the key points of molecular imaging are briefly reviewed from a view of engineering. Particular emphasis is given to the analysis of the function and the position of traditional medical imaging modalities in the era of molecular imaging. Finally a discussion is made for the further development of medical imaging modalities along the line of molecular imaging.
Diagnostic Imaging ; methods ; Molecular Imaging

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Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal* ; Molecular Imaging*

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Genetic Therapy* ; Molecular Imaging*

Medical molecular imaging not only promotes the development of medical imaging, but also pushes research progress of life science and benefits the amalgamation of multi-subjects in medical imaging. This editorial overviews the history and development trends of medical molecular imaging.
Humans ; Molecular Imaging ; trends

Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) is a new medical imaging tool, which was born at the beginning of the 21st century. Compared with traditional imaging techniques, the preliminary research indicates that MPI shows higher sensitivity, resolution and imaging speed. This article presents the principle of MPI, its recent development from three different perspectives is introduced.
Diagnostic Imaging ; Magnetic Phenomena ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; methods ; Molecular Imaging

Nanobodies are derived from the variable domain of the heavy-chain antibodies (HCAbs) that occur naturally in the serum of camels. Using nanobody-based probes, several imaging techniques such as radionuclide-based, optical and ultrasound have been employed for visualization of target expression in various disease models. Combined with application and clinical data of nanobody in molecular imaging in recent years, this paper introduces its application in the diagnosis of diseases and the future development as a novel molecular imaging tool.
Humans ; Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains ; Molecular Imaging ; methods ; Molecular Probes ; Nanotechnology

At the summer workshop of the Korean Endocrine Society held in 2016, some examples of protein experiments were discussed in the session entitled “All about working with proteins.” In contrast to what the title suggested, it was unrealistic to comprehensively discuss all protein analytical methods. Therefore, the goal was to outline protein experimental techniques that are useful in research or in bench work. In conversations with clinicians, however, I have always felt that researchers who do not engage in bench science have different demands than those who do. Protein research tools that are useful in bench science may not be very useful or effective in the diagnostic field. In this paper, I provide a general summary of the protein analytical methods that are used in basic scientific research, and describe how they can be applied in the diagnostic field.
Chromatography ; Education ; Immunoenzyme Techniques ; Methods* ; Molecular Imaging

Photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) has become an increasingly popular technology for biomedical applications, providing anatomical, functional, and molecular information. In this concise review, we first introduce the basic principles and typical system designs of PAM, including optical-resolution PAM and acoustic-resolution PAM. The major imaging characteristics of PAM, i.e. spatial resolutions, penetration depth, and scanning approach are discussed in detail. Then, we introduce the major biomedical applications of PAM, including anatomical imaging across scales from cellular level to organismal level, label-free functional imaging using endogenous biomolecules, and molecular imaging using exogenous contrast agents. Lastly, we discuss the technical and engineering challenges of PAM in the translation to potential clinical impacts.
Contrast Media ; Microscopy* ; Molecular Imaging ; Weights and Measures