Emerging imaging techniques.
This article reviews recent developments in selected imaging technologies focused on the cardiovascular system. The techniques covered are: ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM), microSPECT, microPET, near infrared imaging, and quantum dots. For each technique, the basic physical principles are explained and recent example applications demonstrated.
McVeigh
Elliot R
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Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. emcveigh@nih.gov
D000818:Animals; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007259:Infrared Rays; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000502:physiology*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D011789:Quantum Theory; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared / Q000379:methods; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler / Q000379:methods