Imaging in Stem Cell Transplant and Cell-based Therapy

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Part I Imaging in Stem Cell Transplant

1 Current Indications and Overview of Molecular
Imaging Techniques in Stem Cell Transplantation ................. 3
Tarun Pandey

2 Nanotechnology-Based Stem Cell Applications and Imaging ........ 17
Hanna A. Jensen, Elizabeth M. Martin, Morten O. Jensen,
Francesco Romeo, Aldo Di Carlo, Jin-Woo Kim, and
Jawahar L. Mehta

3 Radiologic Procedures Used in Pediatric Stem
Cell Transplantation ......................................... 37
Mohammad Atiq, Terry Harville, Nishi Shah, Paulette Mehta,
Tarun Pandey, and Yogesh S. Jethava

4 Clinical Applications of Stem Cell Transplant in Treating
Non-Hematologic Conditions .................................. 51
Roopa Ram, Kedar Jambhekar, and Tarun Pandey

Part II Applications in Stem Cell and Cell Based Therapies

5 Stem Cell Transplantation for Multiple Myeloma ................. 73
Sharmilan Thanendrarajan and Tarun K. Garg

6 Simultaneous MRI and 18F-FDG-PET Imaging
in Multiple Myeloma: A Model for Evaluation of the Disease
and Therapeutic Changes in SCID-hu Mice ..................... 87
Tarun K. Garg and Tarun Pandey

7 The Emerging Role of Cardiac Stem Cells in Cardiac
Regeneration .............................................. 101
Savneet Kaur, Impreet Kaur, and C.C. Kartha

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