autoradiography

Clinical significance

• provides localiization of radioactive substance introduced into a metabolic pathway, bound to a receptor or enzyme, or hybridized to a nucleic acid

Procedure

• an image on an x-ray film or nuclear emulsion produced by the pattern of decay emissions (beta particles or gamma rays) from a distribution of a radioactive substance
• also available as a digital image

More general terms

• radiography (roentgenography)