Radiosynthesis and assessment of ocular pharmacokinetics of 124I-labeled chitosan in rabbits using small-animal PET

Molecular Imaging and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 222-226

  Kuntner, Claudia ^a   Wanek, Thomas ^a   Hoffer, Martin ^b   Dangl, Daniel ^b   Hornof, Margit ^b   Kvaternik, Herbert ^c   Langer, Oliver ^a,d  

^a AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Croma Pharma GmbH   (Austria)

^c Seibersdorf Labor GmbH   (Austria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Iodine 124; Ocular pharmacokinetics; Small animal PET

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; IODINE 124; SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHITOSAN; EYE; FEMALE; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; ISOTOPE LABELING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 79955938341     PISSN: 15361632     EISSN: 18602002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11307-010-0352-7     Document Type: Article

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