U.S. National Institutes of Health

Some Technologies Presented to the Interagency Council on Biomedical Imaging in Oncology in the Past

  1. Computed tomography (CT) and combination instrumentation
  2. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)/magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS)—various instrument strengths from 1.5 to 12 Tesla
  3. Ultrasound
  4. Optical imaging
  5. Nuclear medicine, both single-photon and positron emission tomography
  6. Molecular imaging agents
  7. Image-guided therapy