Molecular Imaging in Diabetes, Obesity, and Infections 3.0
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 March 2023) | Viewed by 3796
Special Issue Editor
Interests: molecular imaging of fat metabolism; bone metabolism; molecular imaging of infections; clinical trials in molecular imaging and nuclear medicine
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Molecular imaging is an exciting field that can be defined as the visualization and/or measurement of biological or biochemical processes at cellular and molecular levels. It is performed in preclinical models and in living human subjects. By necessity, molecular imaging is multidisciplinary, applying synthetic and radiochemistry, molecular biology, (patho)physiology, and multiple imaging techniques. It leverages both endogenous and exogenous imaging probes to generate detectable signals. Molecular imaging techniques include optical and optoacoustic methods, ultrasound, molecular computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and spectroscopy. Molecular imaging is used to diagnose diseases, assess treatment responses, and define the underlying pathophysiology of a disease process. To this end, molecular imaging has been used to non-invasively visualize aberrant tumor metabolism, bacterial infections, beta-cell mass and function, and adipocyte metabolism. This Special Issue focuses on developing and implementing molecular imaging strategies for research in obesity, diabetes, infectious diseases, and tumor metabolism. We welcome original research and review articles.
Prof. Dr. Orhan K. Öz
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- radionuclide probes
- SPECT imaging
- PET imaging
- MRI
- optical imaging
- beta cells
- diabetes
- obesity
- bacterial infections
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