Population imaging as valuable tool for personalized medicine

Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2012 Oct;92(4):422-4. doi: 10.1038/clpt.2012.100. Epub 2012 Aug 22.

Abstract

Personalized medicine is commonly regarded as an extension of genomic medicine. However, a personalized treatment should not [corrected] be based solely on the presence or absence of genetic factors. Complex imaging methods supplement the diagnostic picture of an individual patient. Comprehensive imaging in population-based settings provides information on reference intervals, the predictive value of subclinical findings, and the complex interrelationships among risk factors, subclinical imaging phenotypes, and diseases.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Diagnostic Imaging / methods*
  • Diagnostic Imaging / trends
  • Humans
  • Population Surveillance / methods*
  • Precision Medicine / methods*
  • Precision Medicine / trends
  • Risk Factors