Radiotracers for Molecular Brain Imaging

Since the early 1980s, molecular brain imaging has been an expanding field of preclinical and clinical diagnostics. Advances in positron emission tomography (PET) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) cameras, image analysis, and novel radiotracers have been the crucial factors leading this expansion.

Radiotracers have been developed to visualize and quantify a growing number of brain receptors, transporters, enzymes, and other pathological and molecular targets. In this Special Issue of Diagnostics, researchers are invited to contribute original research papers and reviews on radiotracer development, evaluation, and utilization for molecular brain imaging applications, for example, novel PET radiotracers for imaging neuronal metabolism, alterations of synapses, receptor and transporter quantification, and pathological hallmarks of neurodegenerative disorders, neuroinflammatory, and neuro-oncologic process imaging.

PD Dr. Behrooz H. Yousefi
Guest Editor

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• brain receptor and transporter imaging
• neuroinflammation imaging
• β-amyloid imaging
• Tau Imaging
• α-synuclein imaging
• PET measurement of synaptic density
• neuronal metabolism and activity imaging