“…DCS/DCT technologies have been extensively explored to be used in animal models and human subjects for the diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of diseases in various tissues and organs including brains (Cheng et al , 2014; Hou et al , 2014; Busch et al , 2016a; Kim et al , 2014; Kim et al , 2010; Favilla et al , 2014; Lin et al , 2016; Dehaes et al , 2014; Durduran et al , 2010b; Shang et al , 2011b; Buckley et al , 2013; Zirak et al , 2014), skeletal muscles (Henry et al , 2015; Mesquita et al , 2013; Yu et al , 2005a; Shang et al , 2012; Gurley et al , 2012), and tumors (Chung et al , 2015; Choe et al , 2014; Zhou et al , 2007; Durduran et al , 2005; He et al , 2015; Sunar et al , 2006; Dong et al , 2012b; Dong et al , 2016). Since this review focuses on the clinical applications, only typical clinical examples are presented in the following subsections based on different types of tissues/organs.…”