ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 2339 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Monica Guma1, Beatrix Bartok2, Viet Anh Nguyen Huu3, Mathieu L. Viger3, Jacques Lux3, Shivanjali Joshi-Barr3, Adah Almutairi3 and Gary S. Firestein4, 1Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 2Division of Rheumatology, allergy and immunology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 3UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences., University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 4Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, University of California at San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Current medical imaging technology detects structural rather than functional manifestations of disease. Imaging agents designed to enhance signal based on molecular mechanisms might permit…