画像診断の進歩 : X線から光まで

In this review, recent progress of diagnostic imaging was introduced. X-ray was found about 100 years ago and imaging technology was developed rapidly. The imaging speed and the detail expression are still progress on MRI and CT. Recently the functional information can be served in addition to the morphologic data. Furthermore the technology of optical imaging is now available in the clinical setting, which will give us new information about hemodynamic change and function. The development of diagnostic imaging will be moved to functional information and the fusion technique of functional information and morphologic data in the near future.