Molecular Imaging: A Promising Tool to Monitor Islet Transplantation

Figure 1

Transverse T2-weighted magnetic resonance images of transplanted labeled and nonlabeled human islets 14, 23, 37, 58, 97, and 188 d after transplantation under the kidney capsule in nude (nu/nu) mice. The dark area in the left kidney represents a labeled graft (red outline). No darkening was reported for the right kidney with unlabeled graft. S: stomach; SC: spinal cord, reproduced with permission from Nature Publishing Group [67].