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Anne Leroy-Willig. Université Paris-Sud, France
Bertrand Tavitian. Unité d'Imagerie de l'Expression des Genes, CEA - SHFJ - INSERM ERITM, Orsay Cedex, France
Contributors | |
Introduction | |
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy | |
Introduction | |
Magnets and magnetic field | |
Nuclear magnetization | |
Excitation and return to equilibrium of nuclear magnetization | |
The NMR hardware: RF coils and gradient coils (more technology) | |
NMR spectroscopy: the chemical encoding | |
How to build NMR images: the spatial encoding | |
MRI and contrast | |
Sensitivity, spatial resolution and temporal resolution | |
Contrast agents for MRI | |
Imaging of 'other' nuclei | |
More parameters contributing to MRI contrast | |
More about applications | |
High Resolution X-ray Microtomography: Applications in Biomedical Research | |
Introduction | |
Principles of tomography | |
Implementation | |
Contribution of microtomography to biomedical imaging | |
Ultrasound Imaging | |
Principles of ultrasonic imaging and its adaptation to small laboratory animals | |
Pulse-echo transmission | |
Ultrasonic transducers | |
From echoes to images | |
Blood flow and tissue motion | |
Non-linear and contrast imaging | |
Discussion | |
Introduction | |
Radioactivity | |
Interaction of gamma rays with matter | |
Radiotracer imaging with gamma emitters | |
Detection of positron emitters | |
Image properties and analysis | |
Radiochemistry of gamma-emitting radiotracers | |
Radiochemistry of positron-emitting radiotracers | |
Major radiotracers and imaging applications | |
Optical Imaging and Tomography | |
Introduction | |
Light - tissue interactions | |
Light propagation in tissues | |
Reconstruction and inverse problem | |
Fluorescence molecular tomography (FMT) | |
Optical Microscopy in Small Animal Research | |
Introduction | |
Confocal laser scanning microscopy | |
Multiphoton laser scanning microscopy | |
Variants for In vivo imaging | |
Surgical preparations | |
Applications | |
New Radiotracers, Reporter Probes and Contrast Agents | |
Introduction | |
New radiotracers | |
Multimodal constructs for magnetic resonance imaging | |
Fluorescence reporters for biomedical imaging | |
New contrast agents for NMR | |
Imaging techniques - reporter gene imaging agents | |
Multi-Modality Imaging | |
Introduction | |
Concurrent imaging versus computer-assisted registration | |
Combination of SPECT and CT | |
FMT registration with MRI | |
Brain Imaging | |
Introduction | |
Bringing amyloid into focus with MRI microscopy | p. Annemie Van |
Cerebral blood volume and BOLD contrast MRI unravels brain responses to ambient temperature fluctuations in fish | p. Annemie Van |
Assessment of functional and neuroanatomical re-organization after experimental stroke using MRI | |
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