title: MRI in preclinical drug development.
abstract: This chapter outlines the challenges that the pharmaceutical industry faces during the course of drug development and discusses the role of magnetic resonance imaging in preclinical drug discovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Imaging Sciences, Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Sudeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chandra
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015195:Drug Design; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / Q000379:methods*; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*