Affiliations: Cancer Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute,
National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Note: [] Address for correspondence: Barbara Y. Croft, Cancer Imaging
Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6130
Executive Boulevard, EPN 6064, Bethesda, MD 20892-7412, USA, (FedEx: Rockville,
MD 20852-4910). Tel.: +1 301 496 9531; Fax: +1 301 480 3507; E-mail:
croftb@mail.nih.gov
Abstract: Imaging techniques are a combination of a contrast mechanism,
exogenous or endogenous, and an instrument to exploit that contrast. This final
chapter of these two special issues of this journal points to possible ways to
improve the ability of imaging systems to exploit markers of cancer in the
early detection of that disease. The aim not only is to find cancer at an
earlier, more treatable stage, but to determine whether the disease discovered
is dangerous and to indicate the possibilities for successful treatment. These
topics are explored for each imaging system, with an emphasis on directions for
future improvements.
Journal: Disease Markers, vol. 19, no. 2-3, pp. 155-165, 2004
