High-resolution radioluminescence microscopy of 18F-FDG uptake by reconstructing the β-ionization track

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Abstract

Radioluminescence microscopy is a new method for imaging radionuclide uptake by single live cells with a fluorescence microscope. Here, we report a particle-counting scheme that improves spatial resolution by overcoming the β-range limit. Methods: Short frames (10 μs-1 s) were acquired using a high-gain camera coupled to a microscope to capture individual ionization tracks. Optical reconstruction of the β-ionization track (ORBIT) was performed to localize individual β decays, which were aggregated into a composite image. The new approach was evaluated by imaging the uptake of 18F-FDG in nonconfluent breast cancer cells. Results: After image reconstruction, ORBIT resulted in better definition of individual cells. This effect was particularly noticeable in small clusters (2-4 cells), which occur naturally even for nonconfluent cell cultures. The annihilation and Bremsstrahlung photon background signal was markedly lower. Single-cell measurements of 18F-FDG uptake that were computed from ORBIT images more closely matched the uptake of the fluorescent glucose analog (Pearson correlation coefficient, 0.54 vs. 0.44, respectively). Conclusion: ORBIT can image the uptake of a radiotracer in living cells with spatial resolution better than the β range. In principle, ORBIT may also allow for greater quantitative accuracy because the decay rate is measured more directly, with no dependency on the β-particle energy. COPYRIGHT © 2013 by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Inc.

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Pratx, G., Chen, K., Sun, C., Axente, M., Sasportas, L., Carpenter, C., & Xing, L. (2013). High-resolution radioluminescence microscopy of 18F-FDG uptake by reconstructing the β-ionization track. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 54(10), 1841–1846. https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.112.113365

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