Assessment of Intra-arterial Injected Autologous Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cell Distribution by Radioactive Labeling in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Abstract

Our results showed that Tc-99m HMPAO can be used to label ABMMN cells for in vivo cell visualization, and that brain SPECT imaging with labeled ABMMN cells is a feasible noninvasive method for studying the fate of transplanted cells in vivo. Additionally, our findings demonstrate the localization of these intra-arterially injected cells.