title: Radiogenomic imaging-linking diagnostic imaging and molecular diagnostics.
abstract: Radiogenomic imaging refers to the correlation between cancer imaging features and gene expression and is one of the most promising areas within science and medicine. High-throughput biological techniques have reshaped the perspective of biomedical research allowing for fast and efficient assessment of the entire molecular topography of a cell's physiology providing new insights into human cancers. The use of non-invasive imaging tools for gene expression profiling of solid tumors could serve as a means for linking specific imaging features with specific gene expression patterns thereby allowing for more accurate diagnosis and prognosis and obviating the need for high-risk invasive biopsy procedures. This review focuses on the medical imaging part as one of the main drivers for the development of radiogenomic imaging.
authors.affiliation: Mathias Goyen, UKE Consult und Management GmbH, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goyen
keywords: Diagnostic imaging; Personalized medicine; Radiogenomic imaging