title: Medical imaging: just what the doctor (and the researcher) ordered: new applications for medical imaging technology.
abstract: Medical imaging has come a long way in the past decade.  From the gold standards of ultrasound, magnetic resonance  (MR), and computed tomography (CT) to new  and combined technologies, medical imaging is yielding  extreme close-up views of the fine details of tissues  and revealing the dynamics of cellular and molecular  biology, often in real time. With this in-depth information, researchers  are unraveling the how and why of diseases so they can work toward developing novel drugs and other treatment options as  well as earlier disease detection and prevention. At the same  time, clinicians are beginning to employ the advanced imaging  modalities to determine more accurately the stage of disease in  patients, and to personalize therapy to provide the best possible  outcome for individuals with cancer or other illnesses.
authors: lmertz@nasw.org
authors: Leslie
authors: L
authors: Mertz
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D006801:Humans; D061088:Photoacoustic Techniques / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends