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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nano Today. 2010 Apr 1;5(2):143–159. doi: 10.1016/j.nantod.2010.03.003

Table 2.

Measurement techniques for quantifying biodistribution

Technique Agent Study
Computed tomography (CT) Iohexol [76]
Fluorescence imaging Cy5.5 [2]
Inductively coupled atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) Gd [3]
Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) Au
Fe		 [6, 22, 25]
[77]
Micro-positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) 64Cu [5]
MRI imaging Gd [15]
Radiography 111In
67Ga
125I-CA
64Cu
Tc-O complex
C14 		[3, 9, 24, 32]
[8]
[30]
[12,29]
[78]
[79]
Superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetometer Iron [28]
Two-photon luminescence Gold nanorods [80]