autoradiography
/ˌɔːtoʊˌreɪdiˈɑːɡrəfi/
noun
- A scientific technique that uses X-ray film or a detector to create an image of the location of radioactive substances in a sample, such as a tissue or gel.
- In the lab, they developed the film from the autoradiography to analyze the DNA fragments.
- The researcher used autoradiography to see where the radioactive protein had traveled in the cell.
- Autoradiography helped the team map the binding sites of the new drug in the brain.