In the Spotlight: Biomedical Imaging

Author

Laine, Andrew F.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA

Volume

6

fYear

2013

fDate

2013

Firstpage

13

Lastpage

16

Abstract

In this spotlight, advances in four topics in biomedical imaging are described. This does not begin to cover all of the advances in the field, but include topics that remain the most compelling in terms of mortality (cardiovascular disease) and increasing concern (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, (COPD)). We also report on some very exciting progress in making methods of MR spectroscopy more reliable and robust, thus suitable for wider clinical use. Finally, we describe recent developments in nuclear and molecular imaging related to diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

Keywords

biochemistry; biomedical MRI; cancer; cardiovascular system; computerised tomography; lung; molecular biophysics; patient treatment; positron emission tomography; COPD; MR spectroscopic imaging; MR spectroscopy methods; MRI clinical use; PET; biomedical imaging; cancer diagnosis; cancer treatment; cardiovascular disease; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; computed tomography; glutamate; glutamine; health increasing concerns; lung CT analysis; metabolites; molecular imaging; mortality; myoinositol; nuclear imaging; positrom emission tomography; Biomedical image processing; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical signal processing; Cardiovascular system; Computed tomography; Image processing; Image segmentation; Positron emission topography; Tumors; Diagnostic Imaging; Humans; Molecular Imaging;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Reviews in

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1937-3333

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/RBME.2012.2235531

Filename

6490444