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MOLECULAR IMAGING [1 record]

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Record 1 2007-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Medicine
DEF

The visualization, characterization and measurement of biological processes at the molecular and cellular levels in humans and other living systems.

OBS

Molecular imaging typically includes two- or three-dimensional imaging as well as quantification over time.

OBS

There are many different areas of research being conducted in the field of molecular imaging. Much research is currently centered around detecting what is known as a predisease state or molecular state that occur before typical symptoms of a disease are detected. Other important veins of research are the imaging of gene expression and the development of novel biomarkers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine nucléaire
DEF

Nouvelle discipline qui visualise le fonctionnement des cellules et les processus moléculaires, sur le vivant.

OBS

L'imagerie moléculaire autorise déjà la détection précoce et de plus en plus précise des tumeurs, le développement de traitements plus ciblés et l'évaluation en temps réel de l'effet d'un médicament [...]. L'imagerie moléculaire est précisément capable de mettre en évidence la surexpression ou la sous-expression des gènes perturbateurs.

Spanish

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