Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging

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Series Editor: Zahi Fayad Molecular Imaging of Cardiovascular Disease ATVB In Focus Articles in this series: •Choudhury RP, Fisher EA. Molecular imaging in atherosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular inflammation. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol . 2009;29:983–991. •Cormode DP, Skajaa T, Fayad ZA, Mulder WJM. Nanotechnology in medical imaging: probe design and applications. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol . 2009;29:992–1000. •Tang TY, Muller KH, Graves MJ, Li ZY, Walsh SR, Young V, Sadat U, Howarth SPS, Gillard JH. Iron oxide particles for atheroma imaging. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol . 2009;29:1001–1008. •Rudd JHF, Hyafil F, Fayad ZA. Inflammation imaging in atherosclerosis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol . 2009;29:1009–1016. •Jaffer FA, Libby P, Weissleder R. Optical and multimodality molecular imaging: insights into atherosclerosis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2009;29:1017–1024. •Kraitchman DL, Bulte JWM. In vivo imaging of stem cells and beta cells using direct cell labeling and reporter gene methods. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol . 2009;29:1025–1030. •Laufer EM, Winkens MHM, Narula J, Hofstra L. Imaging of cell death in atherosclerosis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol . 2009;29:1031–1038. Molecular imaging is defined today as the visualization, characterization, and measurement of biological processes at the molecular and cellular levels in humans and other living systems, and molecular imaging agents are probes …