Multimodal Molecular Imaging In Vivo

摘要

In medical research and practice, imaging is now playing a crucial role. With rapidly developing molecularimaging, the role of In Vivo imaging is expected to expand much more. In molecular imaging, one of the recent trends ismultimodal imaging, which theoretically combines all the strengths of each imaging modality and consequently providessynergism. For this, many multimodal imaging probes have been developed so far. However, multimodal probe imagingis different from simple fusion images using multimodal imaging instruments. To maximize the effectiveness ofmultimodal In Vivo imaging, practical application methods and delicate design of imaging probes are essential. Here,imaging instruments and probes for multimodal In Vivo imaging are briefly reviewed and practical application isdiscussed.