Molecular imaging of the lungs

• Other Authors: Blackwell, Timothy S. (Editor), Schuster, Daniel P. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton Dekker 2005
• Series: Lung biology in health and disease v. 203
• Subjects: Diagnostic Imaging > methods; Lungs > Imaging; Lungs > Diseases > Molecular diagnosis; Lung > cytology; Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
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• Physical Description: xviii, 450 pages illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781574448542; 1574448544

This authoritative reference reviews current and emerging molecular imaging modalities that are expected to impact the detection and treatment of lung diseases in the near future-including applications in gene expression and inflammation imaging; the imaging of pulmonary cytokine regulation; the molecular imaging of angiogenesis, the airways, and lung cancer; and the imaging of cellular death and cell trafficking