The Advanced Imaging Instrumentation Research Program includes: 1) developing new 3-D PET imaging technology with improved high resolution, 2) developing new technologies for merging individual imaging capabilities (PET, Single Photon Emission Computing Tomograph, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Magnetoencephalography) for synergy, 3) applying new techniques for solving complex diagnostic problems, i.e., study of neurochemical status of the brain in patients with neurodegenerative diseases, substance abuse, and for improved confidence in management of disease such as cancer (diagnosis, design and planning treatment, and monitoring course of therapy), and 4) rapidly advancing and making nuclear imaging more compatible to current and advancing future molecular nuclear medicine needs such as imaging gene expression and monitoring gene therapy.

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