BookFabian Kiessling, Bernd J. Pichler, editors. ; Peter Hauff, co-editor.
Contents:
Pt. I. Role of Small Animal Imaging
1. Noninvasive Imaging for Supporting Basic Research / Pat Zanzonico
2. Non-Invasive Imaging in the Pharmaceutical Industry / John C. Waterton
3. How to Set Up a Small Animal Imaging Unit / David Stout
4. Noninvasive Small Rodent Imaging: Significance for the 3R Principles / Peter Maier
Pt. II. Study Planning and Animal Preparation
5. Institutional Preconditions for Small Animal Imaging / Rene H. Tolba
6. Statistical Considerations for Animal Imaging Studies / Hannes-Friedrich Ulbrich
7. Animal Anesthesia and Monitoring / Rene H. Tolba
8. Drug Administration / Peter Hauff
Pt. III. Imaging Modalities and Probes
9. How to Choose the Right Imaging Modality / Peter Hauff
10. X-Ray and X-Ray-CT / Marek Karolczak
11. CT Contrast Agents / Hubertus Pietsch
12. Small Animal Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Basic Principles, Instrumentation and Practical Issue / Peter Jakob
13. MR Contrast Agents / Silvio Aime
14. MR Spectroscopy / Markus Becker
15. Ultrasound / Catherine Theodoropoulos
16. Ultrasound Contrast Agents / Michel Schneider
17. PET and SPECT / Sibylle I. Ziegler
18. Radiotracer I: Standard Tracer / Uwe Haberkorn
19. Radiotracer II: Peptide-Based Radiopharmaceuticals / Clemens Decristoforo
20.Optical Imaging / Vasilis Ntziachristos
21. Optical Probes / Kai Licha
22. Multi-modal Imaging and Image Fusion / Vesna Sossi
Pt. IV. Ex Vivo Validation Methods
23. Ex Vivo and In Vitro Cross Calibration Methods / Thierry Delzescaux
24. In Vitro Methods for In Vivo Quantitation of PET and SPECT Imaging Probes: Autoradiography and Gamma Counting / David Stout
pt. V Data Postprocessing
25. Qualitative and Quantitative Data Analysis / Volkmar Schulz
26. Guidelines for Nuclear Image Analysis / Bernd J. Pichler
27.Kinetic Modelling / Jorg van den Hoff
28.Data Documentation Systems / Wolfhard Semmler
Pt. VI. Special Applications
29. Imaging in Developmental Biology / Michal Neeman
30. Imaging in Gynecology Research / Michael D. Menger
31. Imaging in Cardiovascular Research / Sven Hermann
32. Imaging in Neurology Research I: Neurooncology / Andreas H. Jacobs
33. Imaging in Neurology Research II: PET Imaging of CNS Disorders / Alexander Drzezga
34. Imaging in Neurology Research III: Focus on Imaging Neurotransmitter / Wynne K. Schiffer
35. Imaging in Oncology Research / Fabian Kiessling
36. Imaging in Immunology Research / Owen N. Witte.