Novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Techniques for Next Generation Molecular Imaging of Cancer
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Methods and Technologies Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 2015
Special Issue Editors
2. Cluster of Excellence iFIT (EXC 2180) “Image-Guided and Functionally Instructed Tumor Therapies”, University of Tuebingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
3. German Cancer Consortium, DKFZ Partner Site Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
Interests: multimodal imaging; metabolic imaging; hybrid PET-MRI imaging; metabolic sensors; metallomics
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2. German Cancer Consortium, DKTK Partner Site Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
Interests: biomedical magnetic resonance; hyperpolarization techniques; hyperpolarized probe molecules; diffusion-weighted imaging; molecular imaging
2. Division of Medical Physics, Department of Radiology, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Killianstr. 5a, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
Interests: low field MRI and NMR; nuclear hyperpolarization; hyperpolarization method development
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Despite progress in cancer therapy through surgery, radiation, and targeted therapies, the clinical success of many anti-cancer strategies remains discouraging because the therapy is usually not tailored to the patient’s tumor biology. Treatment plans require a better understanding of the relationship between individual tumor biology and a therapeutic approach to improve patient outcomes. The need for novel technologies to progress from late-stage to early-stage detection and to match patients with the most promising therapeutic strategy is essential for precision medicine. Imaging biomarkers for cancer provide a quantitative and/or qualitative assessment of tumor biology images with spatial and temporal resolution. The development of molecular imaging techniques to depict physiological, metabolic, and cellular processes within tumors is needed for treatment selection and to predict tumor response to treatment, before conventional changes in tumor size can be measured. In this Special Issue, we want to highlight “Novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Techniques for Next Generation Molecular Imaging of Cancer”, including hyperpolarized MR, CEST, multimodal PET/MRI, MR contrast agents, and functional imaging.
Prof. Dr. Andre F. Martins
Prof. Dr. Franz Schilling
Dr. Andreas Benjamin Schmidt
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cancer
- molecular imaging
- functional imaging
- MRI
- hyperpolarization
- biosensors
- metabolism
- dDNP
- PHIP
- SEOP
- parahydrogen
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