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“TORONTO, Canada—An image by Stanford University researchers that details taking molecular/nuclear imaging to a three-dimensional level—providing a merged or “fused” picture of the body’s metabolism and structure as well as a “virtual” visualization of the body’s organs “from the inside out”—has been named the 2005 Image of the Year at the Society of Nuclear Medicine’s 52nd Annual Meeting in Toronto.
“In announcing his annual Image of the Year at SNM’s press conference on June 20, Henry N. Wagner Jr., M.D., SNM past president and historian and professor of environmental health sciences at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., explained that the Stanford researchers “stretched volume imaging” and produced “an exquisite structural and biochemical image.” Wagner, who for 28 years has summarized current trends in molecular/nuclear imaging and the meeting’s significant findings, annually picks an Image of the Year. This one image, chosen from the thousands presented at SNM’s Annual Meeting, illustrates what Wagner predicts will be the future direction of this dynamic and ever-expanding field. ”
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