What scans we will read: imaging instrumentation trends in clinical oncology.

ABSTRACT: Oncological diseases account for a significant portion of the burden on public healthcare systems with associated costs driven primarily by complex and long-lasting therapies. Through the visualization of patient-specific morphology and functional-molecular pathways, cancerous tissue can be detected and characterized non-invasively, so as to provide referring oncologists with essential information to support therapy management decisions. Following the onset of stand-alone anatomical and functional imaging, we witness a push towards integrating molecular image information through various methods, including anato-metabolic imaging (e.g., PET/CT), advanced MRI, optical or ultrasound imaging.This perspective paper highlights a number of key technological and methodological advances in imaging

SUBMITTER: Beyer T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7285725 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature