The development of technologies for molecular imaging should be driven principally by biological questions to be addressed rather than by simply modifying existing imaging technologies

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1231-1233

  Fullerton, Gary D ^a   Hazle, John D ^b   Orton, Colin G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNOLOGY;

MOLECULAR IMAGING;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 18844458802     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1866141     Document Type: Review

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