초록 |
The present invention provides a hybrid imaging system for imaging a volume of interest of a subject, said hybrid system is characterized by: a. a MRI device; b. a photon transmitter, introducible within the body of an animal; c. at least one imaging photon detector located either within or outside said animal, for detecting fluorescence excited within said animal by said transmitted photons; and d. an image processor adapted to superimpose said MRI image and said at least one photon detector image, generating a rendered MRI image of said volume of interest of the subject. The hybrid system is configured to substantially simultaneously acquire MRI image and in vivo fluorescence image. |