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Abstract #0003

Imaging Solutions II: Molecular Imaging

Louise van der Weerd1

1Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands


The development of molecular imaging techniques for in vivo assessment of beta-amyloid accumulation in the ageing brain is an important and active area of research in AD. Numerous ligands have been developed with affinity for beta-amyloid, based on beta-amyloid peptide, monoclonal antibody fragments, or small peptides, which were functionalized with iron oxide particles or gadolium chelates. Alternatively, amyloid plaques have been labeled with small molecules containing a 19F atom and visualized using 19F MRI. Up to now, the only compounds that are in use for clinical imaging are nuclear medicinebased amyloid labeling tracers.

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