自从一个多世纪前拍下首幅X光照片开始,窥探身体内部的技术就成为医学发展的中心任务之一。精确医学成像技术日益进步,给生物医学研究以全新的视野,有望促成更精准的诊断与治疗观测工具的改进推动了科学的发展。伴随着望远镜的出现,天文学家们能够在收集到的天文数据基础上提出行星运动和引力理论。与此同时,我们正在见证医学成像领域令人震惊的进步,它解开了生物学与疾病之间的许多未解之谜。本栏目从两个方面聚焦医学成像技术:技术本身的发展以及成像在医学上的应用。 Since the first X-ray was taken more than a century ago, snooping inside the body has become one of the central tasks in medical development. With the progress of accurate medical imaging technology, a new vision for biomedical research is expected to lead to more accurate diagnosis and treatment. The improvement of observation tools has promoted the development of science. With the advent of telescopes, astronomers can come up with planetary motion and gravitational theory based on collected astronomical data. In the meantime, we are witnessing astounding advances in medical imaging that unlock many of the mysteries between biology and disease. This section focuses on medical imaging technology in two aspects: the development of the technology itself and the application of imaging in medicine.