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Imaging Technique Advantages Disadvantages Bioluminescence optical imaging Very high sensitivity Very low spatial resolution High throughput Only planar imaging, not tomographic Very versatile Surface-weighted images owing to light scatter and absorption Cheap Semiquantitative imaging data Mass amount of probe required (? toxic) Not an established clinical technique MR imaging Very high spatial resolution Low sensitivity Tomographic imaging Mass amount of probe required (? toxic) Widely available established clinical technique PET, SPECT High sensitivity Low spatial resolution Fully quantitative imaging data Probes for using HSV1-tk gene do not cross the blood-brain barrier Tomographic imaging Nanogram amount of probe required (nontoxic and safe) D2R gene normally expressed in basal ganglia interferes with image interpretation when using this reporter system Established clinical techniques
Note:—? toxic indicates a question concerning potential toxicity.