Takeda Development Center Americas, Lexington, Massachusetts; and
Telix Pharmaceuticals (US) Inc., Fishers, Indiana.
J Nucl Med Technol. 2023 Dec 5;51(4):282-287. doi: 10.2967/jnmt.123.266111.
Clinical imaging research is a fast-growing, complex, and integral part of drug and therapy discovery and development. Research sponsors rely on outside vendors to manage their trials and deliver results they hope will demonstrate the efficacy of their product. Specialized vendors known as imaging contract research organizations have teams of highly trained and specialized professionals who lend their expertise to all aspects of imaging research management, of which nuclear medicine technologists are key team members. This article is part of the Clinical Trials Network Research Series for Technologists and will help provide an overview of an imaging research study from initiation to data delivery and the roles that nuclear medicine technologists and other imaging professionals play.
临床影像研究是药物和疗法发现与开发中一个快速发展、复杂且不可或缺的部分。研究赞助商依赖外部供应商来管理他们的试验并提供他们希望能展示其产品疗效的结果。被称为影像合同研究组织的专业供应商拥有一支训练有素且专业的团队，他们将专业知识应用于影像研究管理的各个方面，核医学技术人员是其中的关键团队成员。本文是临床试验网络研究系列文章的一部分，旨在为技术人员提供影像研究从启动到数据交付的概述，并介绍核医学技术人员和其他影像专业人员所扮演的角色。
