Molecular Imaging via MRI
When it comes to peering inside the body, MRI offers some significant advantages over other imaging techniques. It is noninvasive and rapid, does not involve potentially damaging ionizing radiation, and can spot problems deep within tissue. That is why it is the method of choice when athletes, for example, want to know what is wrong with a troublesome knee.
However, when imaging something very small -- like the molecules at the heart of biological processes -- MRI faces some big hurdles. The...
BioPhotonics, January 2007