An aggregation-induced emission (AIE) active probe (L) displayed TURN-ON fluorescence response toward Al(3+) under physiological conditions and in HeLa cells. The L-Al(3+) ensemble could subsequently facilitate tracking of interaction with DNA in solution.

eart diseases are one of the leading cause of death in developed countries, for this reason an early diagnosis of the diseases is absolutely necessary. In order to do so, several tools are used, such as, electrocardiogram (EKG), chest X-Ray (Computed Tomography, CT), blood and stress tests, echocardiogram (ECG), cardiac magnetic resonance (MRI) and nuclear medicine (Single Photon Emission Compu...

Cardiac multimodality (hybrid) imaging can be obtained from a variety of techniques, such as nuclear medicine with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET), or radiology with multislice computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR) and echography. They are typically combined in a side-by-side or fusion mode in order to provide functional and ...

The history, present status, and possible future of nuclear medicine are presented. Beginning with development of the rectilinear scanner and gamma camera, evolution to the present forms of hybrid technology such as single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography/CT is described. Both imaging and therapy are considered and the recent improvem...

In this paper, we extend a nonnegatively constrained iterative method and three stopping rules for its iterations to the medical imaging inverse problems of computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT); the iterative method and stopping rules were introduced for use in astronomical imaging. The paper begins with a brief int...

Over the last decade, imaging of myocardial viability has become a well-established indication in patients suffering from myocardial infarction. Myocardial viability imaging is routinely performed using (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography, single-photon emission computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. Only recently have several multi-slice spiral computed tomography...

Various brain imaging techniques have become available in the past decade. These include techniques to evaluate brain structure, such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, and techniques to assess functional activity, such as measurement of regional cerebral blood flow, single photon emission computed tomography, and positron emission tomography. These techniques can be used to...