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Chapter-07 Small Animal PET and spect for Basic Research and Drug Development

BOOK TITLE: Principles and Practice of Nuclear Medicine and Correlation Medical Imaging

Author
1. Lele RD
ISBN
9788184484816
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10672_7
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2009
Pages
11
Author Affiliations
1. Jaslok Hospital and Research Center, Mumbai, India, Grant Medical College, and JJ Hospital, Mumbai, e-mail: lele1@vsnl.com, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Abstract

Animal models of human diseases have been of great importance in understanding the pathology of disease processes. Imaging of these disease processes by small animal SPECT and PET helps to translate findings of animal imaging to clinical medicine. Examples of humanised mice in translational biomedical research and experimental study of depression in animals has been described. It also has definite applications in drug discovery.

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