Optical Society of America Finds New 3-D Imaging Techniques For Improved Lung Cancer Drug Development

EurekAlert! -- WASHINGTON, July 7—Advanced imaging technologies that promise to improve the development of effective drugs to treat lung cancer are the focus of the current special issue of Optics Express (http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe), an open-access journal published by the Optical Society (OSA). Research featured in the special focus issue on Imaging in Diagnosis and Treatment of Lung Cancer (http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/virtual_issue.cfm?vid=105) outlines standardized approaches to measure and compare tumor size, as well as to validate the accuracy of such measurements under defined settings. The appropriate validation of these tools is a critical new area of research as important new applications for these tools are being explored in pharmaceutical drug development.