Current Status and Trends of In Vivo Diagnostics

Abstract

In vivo diagnostics are pharmaceuticals to diagnose or support diagnosis of diseases by directly administrating into human body including blood vessel, digestive tract, trachea and skin. A variety of agents from conventional drugs such as contrast media and radiopharmaceuticals to the latest intraoperative diagnostic drugs, which visualize tumors by fluorescent imaging technology, are categorized into in vivo diagnostics. In this review, we introduce current development and trends, and recent issues relevant to in vivo diagnostics.