Puncher MR, Blower PJ. Radionuclide targeting and dosimetry at the microscopic level: the role of microautoradiography.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE 1994;
21:1347-65. [PMID:
7875174 DOI:
10.1007/bf02426701]
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Abstract
The understanding of localisation mechanisms and microdosimetry of diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals depends on knowledge of their biodistribution at the microscopic level (cellular and subcellular) in the target tissues. Various methods have been advanced for obtaining information about this microdistribution: subcellular fractionation, secondary ion mass spectrometry imaging, microprobe elemental analysis in the electron microscope, and microautoradiography. This review compares these approaches, and discusses in detail the methodology of microautoradiography (the most generally useful approach) with imaging and therapy radionuclides. Literature examples of applications of microautoradiography in nuclear medicine are reviewed, and the future potential contribution of the techniques is assessed.
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