TOWARD DEVELOPMENT OF IMAGING MODALITIES FOR ISLETS AFTER TRANSPLANTATION: INSIGHTS FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH WORKSHOP ON BETA CELL IMAGING

Abstract

The consensus among investigators at the imaging workshop was that an accurate and reproducible in vivo measure of functional islet mass is critically needed to further the strides that have been made in both islet transplantation and diabetes research as a whole. Such measures would potentially allow the assessment of islet engraftment and the early recognition of graft loss, leading to greater improvements in islet graft survival and function.