Quantification techniques and biodistribution of semiconductor quantum dots

Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-303

  Pic, Emilie ^a   Bezdetnaya, Lina ^a   Guillemin, François ^a   Marchal, Frédéric ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN AUTOMATIQUE DE NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Biodistribution; Detection; Fluorescence; In vivo; Mass spectroscopy; Quantum dots; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; QUANTUM DOT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG UPTAKE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERIAL STATE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVITY; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 65549158713     PISSN: 18715206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1871520610909030295     Document Type: Review

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