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OUTLOOK MEDICAL IMAGING 31 OCTOBER 2013 / Vol 502 / Issue No 7473 OUTLOOK cientific progress is propelled by improved tools of C O N T E N T S MEDICAL IMAGING observation. Only with the advent of the telescope Scould astronomers collect the data that led to theories of planetary motion and gravitation. We are witnessing S82 SCANS astonishing improvements in medical imaging, revealing the Enhanced medical vision untold secrets of biology and disease (page S82). This Outlook Diverse technologies peer inside the body examines imaging from two perspectives: developments in the S84 ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Produced with support from: A picture of health technology itself, and applications of imaging to medicine. Mapping the brain’s decline Cover art: Nik Spenser One major medical challenge is determining how the brain Gaining insight into cognitive decay deteriorates in Alzheimer’s disease. Now, imaging is verifying S86 INFLAMMATION Editorial that tangles of tau proteins are leading protagonists (S84). A complex problem Herb Brody, Inflammation is at the core of diverse disorders, from Suspicious immune factor spotted in Michelle Grayson, atherosclerosis to cancer, and it is