autoradiography

[ aw-toh-rey-dee-og-ruh-fee ]

noun

1. the technique or process of making autoradiographs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of autoradiography¹

First recorded in 1940–45; auto- ¹ + radiography

Example Sentences

In vitro binding properties of 18F-labeled tau tracers were evaluated through the autoradiography of frozen human brain tissues from patients with diverse neurodegenerative diseases.

From Science Daily

In 1996 the Getty had probed for the ghost inside its Rembrandt with a less precise, earlier generation technique called neuron activation autoradiography.

From Los Angeles Times

These could, for example, be density gradient centrifugation of DNA assumed to contain arsenic or autoradiography of electrophoretically separated proteins and restriction fragments of DNA from cells grown in the presence of radioactive arsenic.

From Science Magazine