Optical Imaging: Current Applications and Future Directions
Open Access
- 12 December 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Society of Nuclear Medicine in Journal of Nuclear Medicine
- Vol. 49 (1), 1-4
- https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.107.045799
Abstract
Optical techniques, such as bioluminescence and fluorescence, are emerging as powerful new modalities for molecular imaging in disease and therapy. Combining innovative molecular biology and chemistry, researchers have developed optical methods for imaging a variety of cellular and molecular processes in vivo, including protein interactions, protein degradation, and protease activity. Whereas optical imaging has been used primarily for research in small-animal models, there are several areas in which optical molecular imaging will translate to clinical medicine. In this review, we summarize recent advances in optical techniques for molecular imaging and the potential impact for clinical medicine.Keywords
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