Seminars in Colon & Rectal Surgery
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 132-138, June 2007

Current and Future Imaging Paradigms in Colorectal Cancer

  • Umar Mahmood, MD, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Umar Mahmood, MD, PhD, Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Simches 8226, 185 Cambridge St., Boston, MA 02114.
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  • Rabi Upadhyay, BS

Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Imaging of molecular events in vivo is beginning to change how we evaluate and treat patients. This review focuses on several of the clinical and pre-clinical advances that are relevant to colorectal surgery. In particular, metabolic imaging by positron emission tomograpy, lymph node metastatic imaging by nanoparticle-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, and fluorescent endoscopic and intraoperative imaging with activatable optical smart probes are detailed.

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PII: S1043-1489(07)00014-0

doi:10.1053/j.scrs.2007.03.007

Seminars in Colon & Rectal Surgery
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 132-138, June 2007

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