Molecular Imaging 101

What is molecular imaging? It's a type of medical imaging that's been around for decades, but it's a pretty broad umbrella term. Put simply, molecular imaging lets doctors see what's going on in our bodies at the cellular level, and how cell activity may change over time. Learn more with Jonathan McConathy, MD, PhD, and Assistant Professor of Radiology.

0:00 Introduction
0:35 Disclosures
1:13 Overview
1:44 What is molecular imaging?
2:45 Examples of molecular imaging techniques
5:24 How is does molecular imaging differ from other diagnostic imaging methods?
6:53 Comparison of imaging modalities
8:46 Molecular imaging agents: the tracer principle
11:31 How does molecular imaging help cancer patients?
12:22 59 year old woman with T-cell lymphoma
12:43 Axial PET-CT images
13:27 FDG-PET predicts response to therapy in Hodgkin lymphoma
14:21 86 year old man with prostate cancer
14:55 Bone biopsy
15:30 Prostate Cancer Imaging Targeting Amino Acid Transport
17:07 Prostate cancer imaging targeting PSMA
19:12 Comparison of SPECT and PET myocardial perfusion imaging
20:17 Myocardial viability imaging
21:07 PET tracers for amyloid plaque imaging
22:48 Amyloid plaque imaging agents
23:52 Summary