Session: Chemistry and Biological Applications of Imaging Agents and Molecular Beacons


ORGN		Monday, March 29, 2004

1:25 PM-5:10 PM Anaheim Convention Center -- Ballroom C, Oral
Chemistry and Biological Applications of Imaging Agents and Molecular Beacons
Multimodal Approach
Organizer:	Darryl J. Bornhop
Organizer, Presiding:	Samuel Achilefu
1:25 PM		Introductory Remarks
1:30 PM	186	Multi-modality in vivo molecular-genetic imaging Ronald G. Blasberg
2:00 PM	187	Molecular imaging: The road ahead Hans D. Nikol, Peter K. Bachmann, Ralf Hoffmann
2:30 PM	188	New non-macromolecular paradigms for multiplied attenuation and/or relaxivity in X-ray, MRI and combination X-ray/MRI contrast agent design Louis Messerle, Donald D. Nolting, Thirumalai Duraisamy, John H. Thurston, Yang C. Tong, Alan H. Stolpen, Lizann Bolinger, Mark T. Madsen, Brian F. Mullan
3:00 PM	189	Technologies for in vivo imaging of targeted contrast agents Simon R. Cherry
3:30 PM	190	A new capture system for pretargeted imaging and therapy: Irreversible engineering of the multielement-binding antibody 2D12.5 and its complementary ligands Claude Meares, Todd M. Corneillie, Andrew J. Fisher, Paul A. Whetstone, Kelvin C. Lee, Jeremy P. Wong
4:00 PM	191	Bi-functional MR agents for diagnosis and therapy Ravindra K Pandey, Guolin Li, Peter Kanter, Zachary Grossman
4:30 PM	192	Molecular imaging with lanthanide chelates Darryl Bornhop, Charles Manning, Tim Goebel, Sarah Smith, Michelle Sexton, Reid Thompson, Ron Price, Mahlon Johnson
5:00 PM		Discussion

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