Dr Adriana Tavares, head of the preclinical PET-CT facility, discusses her research into developing new imaging probes - radiotracers - for PET imaging. HTML Transcript - Dr Adriana Tavares, 2018 "Hello, my name is Adriana Tavares, and I am a Research Fellow in PET Imaging and the Head Preclinical PET-CT facility here at the University of Edinburgh. My research is focused on developing new imaging probes called radio traces for positron emission tomography, or PET. So PET imaging is a highly sophisticated imaging technology that’s focused on investigating different biological processes inside the human body. In order to do PET imaging we need to develop something called radiotracers. And the radiotracers are basically biologically active molecules tagged with the radioisotope. And the radioisotope allows us to then track these biologically active molecules inside the human bodies. And by doing so, we will be able to look at different diseases, and different treatments for those diseases. So PET imaging allows doctors to diagnose patients, as well as researchers to understand more about the underlying mechanisms of different diseases, as well as different treatments. Thank you." Relevant links Dr Adriana Tavares What is a PET scan? What is a CT scan? 15 Jun 22. ESMI council election 09 Jun 22. PET PK Course success 02 Jun 22. European Crucible winner 07 Mar 22. Research Insights: Dr Adriana Tavares 10 May 21. SINAPSE Image of the Month 07 Apr 21. JNM featured basic science article 04 Jan 21. CZI Imaging Scientist Award 21 Sep 20. Technology Development Grant 06 Mar 18. New scanning tool Relevant Edinburgh Imaging publications 12 Jul 22. Featured Paper. Microcalcification and thoracic aortopathy: a window into disease severity 26 May 22. Featured Paper. Bypass grafting and native coronary artery disease activity 19 Aug 21. Featured Paper. Positron emission tomography techniques to measure active inflammation, fibrosis & angiogenesis: potential for non-invasive imaging of hypertensive heart failure 02 Apr 21. Featured Paper. Quantification of macrophage-driven inflammation during myocardial infarction with 18F-LW223, a novel TSPO radiotracer with binding independent of the rs6971 human polymorphism. 20 Nov 20. Featured Paper. Ex vivo 18F-fluoride uptake & hydroxyapatite deposition in human coronary atherosclerosis. 18 Jun 20. Featured Paper. Bone marrow adipose tissue is a unique adipose subtype with distinct roles in glucose homeostasis. 06 Feb 20. Featured Paper. Manganese-enhanced T1 mapping to quantify myocardial viability: validation with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography. 01 Nov 19. Featured Paper. Standardization of preclinical PET/CT imaging to improve quantitative accuracy, precision & reproducibility: a multi-center study 17 Apr 19. Featured Paper. Analysis of PK11195 concentrations in rodent whole blood & tissue samples by rapid & reproducible chromatographic method to support target-occupancy PET studies. Please view all our publications, here This article was published on 2024-08-22