Table 1.

Biodistribution of ¹¹¹In-labled, PEGylated SPIO@AuNS in the presence and absence of an external magnet (% Injected dose/g of tissue).

	Blood	Heart	Liver	Spleen	Kidney	Lung	Muscle	Tumor
Magnet	0.79 ± 0.13	2.25 ± 0.82	107.6 ± 26.5	42.11 ± 9.17	28.02 ± 11.23	50.61 ± 26.23	0.38 ± 0.06	2.34 ± 0.73
No Magnet	0.69 ± 0.08	2.59 ± 1.00	76.94 ± 24.13	29.90 ± 6.07	28.86 ± 15.68	44.54 ± 16.65	0.31 ± 0.07	1.22 ± 0.05
p value	0.16	0.34	0.11	0.07	0.47	0.38	0.11	0.05