title: Quantitative methods for molecular diagnostic and therapeutic imaging.
abstract: This theme issue provides an overview on the basic quantitative methods, an in-depth discussion on the cutting-edge quantitative analysis approaches as well as their applications for both static and dynamic molecular diagnostic and therapeutic imaging.
authors: Center for Advanced Medical Imaging Sciences, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors: Quanzheng
authors: Q
authors: Li
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D057054:Molecular Imaging / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends
keywords: image quality metrics; local impulse response; resolution; tomography; variance.