title: A review of molecular imaging studies reaching the clinical stage.
abstract: The practice of molecular imaging in the clinics is examined across various imaging modalities to assess the current status of clinical molecular imaging. The various physiologic and scientific bases of clinical molecular imaging are surveyed to assess the possibilities and opportunities for the deployment of the different imaging modalities in the near future. The requisites for successful candidate(s) of clinical molecular imaging are reviewed for future development.
authors.affiliation: Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. fwong@di.mdacc.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Franklin C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: E Edmund
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D015510:Clinical Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000639:trends*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000639:trends*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000639:trends*; D015336:Molecular Probe Techniques / Q000639:trends*