Population Imaging as Valuable Tool for Personalized Medicine

Personalized medicine is commonly regarded as an extension of genomic medicine. However, a personalized treatment should be based solely on the presence or absence of genetic factors. Complex imaging methods supplement the diagnostic picture of an individual patient. Comprehensive imaging in population-based settings provides information on reference intervals, the predictive value of subclinical findings, and the complex interrelationships among risk factors, subclinical imaging phenotypes, and diseases.