Molecular Imaging with Focus on PET

7.5 credits

Course, Master's level, 3FK285

Autumn 2024 Autumn 2024, Uppsala, 100%, On-campus, English

Autumn 2024 Autumn 2024, Uppsala, 100%, On-campus, English For exchange students

Autumn 2025 Autumn 2025, Uppsala, 100%, On-campus, English

Autumn 2025 Autumn 2025, Uppsala, 100%, On-campus, English For exchange students

About the course

Molecular imaging (MI) is essentially a multidisciplinary field. For a deeper understanding of the method, it is required that the course illustrates all parts of the process from the physics behind the instruments to radio-labelling of molecules validation of these in vitro and in vivo. The course will also exemplify the questions which are suitably answered by MI. The course covers

  • radiochemistry in tracer development
  • preclinical methods for in vitro validation of molecular traces
  • preclinical in vivo imaging using PET and SPECT tracers
  • image analysis and image processing tools
  • quantification and modelling of tracer kinetics
  • PET as a tool for drug development and
  • the clinical use of PET, e.g. within neurology, oncology, cardiology, metabolic diseases and psychiatry.

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