Labeling and imaging of stem cells - Promises and concerns

Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-89

  Schäfer, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Imaging; Labeling; MRI; SPIO; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

CELL LABELING; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STEM CELL;

EID: 77951117394     PISSN: 16603796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000287271     Document Type: Review

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