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Multi-modal Imaging and Image Fusion

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Small Animal Imaging

Abstract

In vivo imaging in small animals is playing an increasingly important role in the understanding of basic physiological processes, in the study of disease and evaluation of therapies; in addition to providing unique information in its own right, it also provides an essential bridge between invasive techniques, which often require postmortem analysis, and noninvasive approaches that are applicable to studies in human subjects. A large number of in vivo imaging techniques have become available in the last decades including optical bioluminescence/fluorescence, single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), positron emission tomography (PET), computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound (US), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in its various flavors, such as magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), functional MRI (fMRI), and others.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Vesna Sossi

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  1. Chair of Experimental Molecular Imaging, University of Aachen (RWTH), Pauwelsstraße 20, Aachen, 52074, Germany

    Fabian Kiessling

  2. Laboratory for Preclinical Imaging and Imaging Technology of the Werner Siemens-Foundation, Department of Radiology, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Röntgenweg 13, Tübingen, 72076, Germany

    Bernd J. Pichler

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Sossi, V. (2011). Multi-modal Imaging and Image Fusion. In: Kiessling, F., Pichler, B. (eds) Small Animal Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12945-2_22

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