Current Advances in Molecular Imaging: Noninvasive in Vivo Bioluminescent and Fluorescent Optical Imaging in Cancer Research

Molecular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 303-312

  Choy, Garry ^a,c   Choyke, Peter ^b   Libutti, Steven K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; GFP; Luciferase; Noninvasive; Optical imaging

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (GFP); LUCIFERASE; OPTICAL IMAGING;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; COALESCENCE; DISEASES; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINS; TISSUE; TUMORS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

FLUORESCENT PROTEIN 583; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; FLUORESCENCE; GENE THERAPY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; LYMPHOCYTE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; OPTICS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FLUORESCENCE; GENE THERAPY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; LYMPHOCYTES; NEOPLASMS; OPTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1642516135     PISSN: 15353508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/153535003322750646     Document Type: Review

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