Image-guided Drug Delivery

Image-guided Drug Delivery

Tuesday, Nov. 30, 7:15 – 8:15 AM

Speakers are describing methods of and imaging modalities for image-guided drug delivery in cancer, as well as characterizing and introducing indications and requirements for quantitative image-guided drug delivery and characterizing chemotherapy and targeted agents. They also are discussing nanotechnology-enabled image-guided drug delivery and National Cancer Institute (NCI) funding opportunities.    

Speaker Information:
  • Keyvan Farahani, PhD, image-guided intervention, NCI in Bethesda, Md.;
  • Jean-Francois H. Geschwind, MD, professor, radiology, surgery and oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore;  
  • Reed A. Omary, MD, vice chair, research, radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago; and
  • King C. Li, chair, radiology, the Methodist Hospital in Houston and director, molecular imaging program, Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City.

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