Molecular Imaging (Introduction)

One of the Martinos Center’s greatest strengths has always been its embrace of all stops along the translational medicine pathway, from basic science research to implementation of new tools for real-world clinical care. In the early 2000s, its continuing goal of bringing together investigators who bridge the many areas of translational medicine dovetailed with the emergence of the field of molecular imaging, which sought to advance applications related to the diagnosis and treatment of disease, as well as to drug development and monitoring of treatment efficacy, by combining state-of-the-art imaging technologies with molecular biology to visualize and measure the underlying mechanisms of disease.