Human subject test clearances, safety and the lack of repeatability associated with human trials can be reduced or eliminated with automated testing, and test modalities are possible which are dangerous or inconvenient to attempt with patients.
Such modalities are possible using mobile phones enabling Java technology.
When these delivery systems are applied to the treatment of viral infections, multiadministration treatment modalities are possible for improved clinical outcomes [ 41].
In our current implementation, these lightweight and modular external applications are developed in Java, but other modalities are possible with most workflow management systems, such as a web service, a JavaScript script, or executables programmed in other programming languages.
By combining radiological (CT) and nuclear medicine (PET) imaging modalities, it is possible to add anatomical to functional information.
Although no single diagnostic test for diabetic cardiomyopathy exists, using different imaging modalities it is possible to detect the phenotypic cardiac features of this condition.
For imaging using larger molecules like monoclonal antibodies and fragments, as in the case of HER2 imaging, an even wider range of probes (and therefore imaging modalities) may be possible, including optical, ultrasound, and MR-based probes [ 117- 122].
Usage of biopsy specimen would highly enhance the application of this molecule in clinical activity; as clinical staging can be performed precisely following recent advances in imaging modalities, it is possible that decisions regarding selection of neo-adjuvant therapy are based in the future on clinical TNM staging and CK18 expression level in pretreatment biopsy specimens.
Also, since dual modality imaging is possible with PET/CT, CT component of PET/CT has been used for localization and confirmation of tracer uptake in myocardium [ 27].
However, simultaneous use of the separate modalities is not possible, limiting flexibility and through-put.
