| 111In | Indium-111 |
| 18F | Fluorine-18 |
| 52Mn | Manganese-52 |
| 64Cu | Copper-64 |
| 89Zr | Zirconium-89 |
| 99mTc | Technetium-99m |
| BVCs | Bias-to-variance-characteristics |
| CH | Cholesterol |
| DLS | Dynamic Light Scattering |
| DMEM | dulbecco’s modified eagle medium |
| DPPC | 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine |
| EPR | enhanced permeability retention |
| H9C2 | Rat myocardium cells |
| HPLC | High-performance-liquid-chromatography |
| Hr | Hour |
| IC50 | Half-maximal-inhibitory-concentration |
| LNC | Lipid nanocapsules |
| MeCN | Methyl cyanide |
| MIBI | Sestamibi |
| PEG | Polyethylene glycol |
| pH | Potential of hydrogen |
| RCP | Radiochemical purity |
| RP | Reversed-phase |
| SEM | Standard error of the mean |
| SRB | Sulforhodamine B |
| TCA | Trichloroacetic acid |
| TFA | Trifluoroacetic acid |
| TLC | Thin-layer chromatography |
| V/V | Volume per volume |
| W/W | Weight by weight |
| WB | Whole-body |