Bioimaging In Vivo to Discern the Evolution of Late Effects Temporally and Spatially

Quantitative/Objective Analyses of RT-Induced Late Normal Tissue Injury Using Functional Imaging

“…Recent studies have investigated the incidence of cardiac effects on patients receiving RT for lung and esophageal RT. There are some preliminary data available on newer imaging technologies such as cardiac MRI and PET to assess RT-induced cardiac Hubbs (2008) injury in patients with thoracic cancers. However, the vast majority of available data regarding the imaging of RTinduced heart injury uses SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with breast cancer and Hodgkin's disease.…”