Translational medicine, experimental medicine and experimental animal models, in particular mice and rats, represent a multidisciplinary field that has made it possible to achieve, in the last decades, important scientific progress. In this review, we have summarized the most frequently used imaging animal models, such as ultrasound (US), micro-CT, MRI and the optical imaging methods, and their main implications in diagnostic and therapeutic fields, with a particular focus on diabetes mellitus, a multifactorial disease extremely widespread among the general population.

Imaging in experimental models of diabetes / Coppola, Andrea; Zorzetto, Giada; Piacentino, Filippo; Bettoni, Valeria; Pastore, Ida; Marra, Paolo; Perani, Laura; Esposito, Antonio; De Cobelli, Francesco; Carcano, Giulio; Fontana, Federico; Fiorina, Paolo; Venturini, Massimo. - In: ACTA DIABETOLOGICA. - ISSN 0940-5429. - 59:2(2022), pp. 147-161. [Epub ahead of print] [10.1007/s00592-021-01826-3]

Imaging in experimental models of diabetes

Esposito, Antonio;De Cobelli, Francesco;
2022-01-01

Abstract

Translational medicine, experimental medicine and experimental animal models, in particular mice and rats, represent a multidisciplinary field that has made it possible to achieve, in the last decades, important scientific progress. In this review, we have summarized the most frequently used imaging animal models, such as ultrasound (US), micro-CT, MRI and the optical imaging methods, and their main implications in diagnostic and therapeutic fields, with a particular focus on diabetes mellitus, a multifactorial disease extremely widespread among the general population.
2022
Diabetes
Experimental imaging
Experimental medicine
Experimental models
Murine models
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