Rapid and Simple Methods for Labeling White Blood Cells and Platelets with Indium-111-Oxine

Abstract

Simple procedures in a kit form for labeling white blood cells (WBCs) and platelets with commercially available indium-111 (¹¹¹In)-oxine have been developed for the convenience of small community hospitals. The time required for the labeling procedure is less than 2 hr. The resulting scintigrams from the clinical studies in both WBCs and platelets showed that the ¹¹¹In-labeled cells have a high degree of viability.