Observations on the role of nuclear medicine in molecular imaging

摘要: The phrase "molecular imaging" is unquestionably current and receiving ever increasing use. For example, two organizations, the Institute for Molecular Imaging Academy of have recently been established with molecular imaging as their focus, journal entitled "Molecular Imaging" Biology," respectively. Furthermore, leading journals in field nuclear medicine added this to covers-becoming "European Journal Nuclear Medicine "The Medicine-advancing imaging." National Biomedical Bioengineering newest institute NIH. With degree attention, it may be surprising that there yet no universally accepted definition imaging. Numerous diverse definitions, some quite complex, proposed. exceptions, they all refer living animal function at cellular or level. Thus defined observation biological level health disease through process involving non-invasive mammals.