BioMed Research International
Volume 2014, Article ID 819324, 12 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/819324
Advance of Molecular Imaging Technology and Targeted Imaging Agent in Imaging and Therapy
1Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Laboratory of Ultrasound Molecular Imaging, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510150, China
2Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
3Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510150, China
Received 27 October 2013; Revised 29 December 2013; Accepted 30 December 2013; Published 13 February 2014
Academic Editor: Weibo Cai
Copyright © 2014 Zhi-Yi Chen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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