MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 2005-- High sensitivity of fluorescent reporters in pharmacokinetic imaging presented by Dr. David R. Vera of the University of California, San Diego, using the eXplore Optix system. ART Advanced Research Technologies Inc. (“ART”) (TSX:ARA), a Canadian medical device company and a leader in optical molecular imaging products for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, is pleased to report that Dr. David R. Vera, Adjunct Professor, Department of Radiology, University of California-San Diego (UCSD) will make a presentation entitled “In Vivo Fluorescence Applications in Small Animal Imaging and Development of Diagnostic Imaging Agent” at the 2nd annual In Vivo Molecular Imaging (IVMI) conference in La Jolla, California. The presentation will take place on Thursday, November 17, 2005 at 7:45 AM Pacific Time, at the La Jolla Hyatt Regency. At the IVMI conference, Dr. Vera will discuss results recently published in Nuclear Medicine and Biology, which validate the capability of the eXplore Optix system in obtaining sufficient sensitivity and temporal resolution for pharmacokinetic analysis. Traditional radiopharmacokinetic studies are often imprecise and are blurred by multiple biochemical and physiological processes. Conversely, Time-Domain optical imaging using the explore Optix platform offers the capacity for reproducible measurements of high precision. Indeed, when compared to radioactive compounds, the injection of very low doses of fluorescent-labelled probes provides better image contrast in cases of low expression of target receptors in tissue. This optical imaging approach thus offers high sensitivity to low compound doses while at the same time obtaining data more rapidly. These features are especially advantageous during drug development or phase I studies.
