Imaging Technology for Nuclear Medicine: Recent Advances and Future Outlook

Dear Colleagues,

Nuclear medicine, and molecular imaging based on radionuclides, is a fundamental tool for in vivo visualisation at depth and over time. Its use in the assessment of biological processes and pathways in, among others, oncology, cardiology and neurology has led to novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for patients.

This has always been a technologically-driven dynamic research field. Progress in indirect and direct detector materials, data acquisition systems, optics, multimodal integration, novel radiotracers, and analysis and reconstruction techniques mean that clinicians now have a wide array of instrumentation to draw upon, from whole body PET/CT to handheld gamma imaging. 

Current research and developments are advancing system performance through improved energy, and time and spatial resolutions that will significantly improve the quantitative accuracy of nuclear medicine imaging as well as our understanding of disease processes. Increases in detector sensitivity will reduce the necessary dose received by patients and staff. Novel multimodal systems will provide additional information to clinicians, improving patient diagnosis, treatment, and care.

This Special Issue seeks to explore current cutting edge research in nuclear medicine and multimodal imaging, as well as the emerging technologies that will impact the field over the next 5–10 years.

We request contributions including:

• Reviews and editorials (some of which will be invited) describing the current state of the art or perspectives on future developments, challenges, and the direction of the field;
• Original research articles describing emerging techniques and pre-adoption technology and developments which have the potential to impact and shape the future roadmap of nuclear medicine.

Dr. Sarah Bugby
Dr. Dimitra Darambara
Guest Editors

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