In Vivo Imaging in Pharmacological Research

• Main Author: Nicolau Beckmann (auth)
• Other Authors: Albert D. Windhorst (auth), Igor A. Kaltashov (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Pharmacology; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); computerized tomography(CT); positron emission tomography (PET); pharmacology; single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT); imaging; medical imaging; ultrasound
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The discovery and development of a biological active molecule with therapeutic properties is an ever increasing complex task, highly unpredictable at the early stages and marked, in the end, by high rates of failure. As a consequence, the overall process leading to the production of a successful dru...