Full Description
In recent years, molecular imaging techniques have grown to be invaluable tools for molecular biology research and, to a more modest extent, clinical medicine. In Molecular Imaging: Methods and Protocols, expert researchers explore the latest advances in the field, describing a rich variety of practical procedures and methods for diverging imaging technologies. Chapters are divided into sections that cover the imaging of basic molecular and biochemical events, imaging in pre-clinical settings, and imaging in clinical settings. Composed in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series format, each chapter contains a brief introduction, step-by-step methods, a list of necessary materials, and a Notes section which shares tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.
Comprehensive and ground-breaking, Molecular Imaging: Methods and Protocols is an essential handbook for students, established practitioners, and research fellows alike.
Contents
Bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) Imaging in Plant Seedlings and Mammalian Cells.- Luciferase Protein Complementation Assays for Bioluminescence Imaging of Cells and Mice.- Hybrid Raman-Fluorescence Microscopy on Single Cells using Quantum Dots.- Labeling of Mesenchymal Stem Cells with Bioconjugated Quatum Dots.- Quantification of miRNA abundance in single cells using locked nucleic acid-FISH and enzyme labeled fluorescence.- Imaging Fate of Stem Cells at a Cellular Resolution in the Brains of Mice.- Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Brain Inflamation using Microparticles of Iron Oxide.- Optical Characterization of Arterial Apoptosis.- Intravital Near-Infrared Fluorescence Molecular Imaging of Atherosclerosis.- MR Imaging of Transplanted Stem Cells in Myocardial Infarction.- In Vivo Imaging of the Dynamics of Different Variants of EGFR in Glioblastomas.- Fluorescence lifetime-based optical molecular imaging.- PET maging of avb3 Integrins in Cancer Patients.- Quantitative Approaches to Amyloid Imaging.- Molecular imaging of myocardial remodeling after infarction.- Dual-radionuclide Brain SPECT for the Differential Diagnosis of Parkinsonism.
