Conventional medical imaging technologies, including ultrasound, have continued to
improve over the years. For example, in oncology, medical imaging is characterized by high …

This review provides a critical and thorough overview of the radiopharmaceutical
development and in vivo evaluation of all apoptosis-detecting radioligands that have …

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) is a ferroelectric polymer with unique properties suitable for
use in a wide range of medical and biological imaging applications. Most notable among …

A new non-invasive method for monitoring apoptosis has been developed using high
frequency (40 MHz) ultrasound imaging. Conventional ultrasound backscatter imaging …

Ultrasound (US) spectral analysis methods are used to analyze the radiofrequency (RF)
data collected from cell pellets exposed to chemotherapeutics that induce apoptosis and …

Background Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is the standard of care for patients with
locally advanced breast cancer (LABC). The study was conducted to investigate the utility of …

High-frequency ultrasound is a novel method to detect apoptotic cell death based on
changes in cell morphology that cause alterations in the viscoelastic and, consequently, the …

Among the early changes differentiating normal from cancerous tissue is the process by
which the tumor develops its blood supply, or tumor angiogenesis (1--4). Angiogenesis is an …

Purpose: Quantitative ultrasound techniques have been recently shown to be capable of
detecting cell death through studies conducted on in vitro and in vivo models. This study …

Ultrasound has received less attention than other imaging modalities for molecular imaging,
but has a number of potential advantages. It is cheap, widely available and portable. Using …