title: Molecular imaging: The latest generation of contrast agents and tissue characterization techniques.
abstract: Molecular Imaging technologies will have a profound impact on both basic research and clinical imaging in the near future. As the field covers many different specialties and scientific disciplines it is not possible to review all in a single article. In the current article we will turn our attention to those modalities that are either currently in use or in development for the medical imaging clinic.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Radiology/Department of Radiology, Stanford University Hospital, 300 Pasteur Drive Stanford, CA 94305, USA. blankenb@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Francis G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Blankenberg
mesh_terms: D017304:Annexin A5 / Q000378:metabolism; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000737:chemistry*; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D004967:Estrogens / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D039302:Integrin alphaVbeta3 / Q000378:metabolism; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015335:Molecular Probes; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011374:Progesterone / Q000378:metabolism; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000378:metabolism; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017304:Annexin A5; D003287:Contrast Media; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D004967:Estrogens; D039302:Integrin alphaVbeta3; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D015335:Molecular Probes; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D011374:Progesterone; D013004:Somatostatin; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid