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Focused Molecular Imaging Using Radiotracers

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Collimators help redefine focusing ability over fields of view up to 200 mm.

Hugh F. Stoddart, NeuroPhysics Corp.

Locating, imaging and quantifying concentrations of specified molecules deep within the body are essential in medicine and in drug discovery and development. Together often called molecular imaging, these tasks typically are performed by attaching radioactive atoms, or radiotracers, to the molecules and observing the radiation externally. Another molecular imaging modality uses fluorescent molecule but is mostly limited to distributions close to the animal surface. Molecular imaging should not be confused with “functional” imaging, which usually refers to the use of contrast agents in...Read full article

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