Calibration of a prototype in vivo total body composition analyser using 14 MeV neutron activation and the associated particle technique

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 537-539

  Mitra, S ^a,b   Wolff, J E ^a   Garrett, R ^a  

^a Garrett Wolff Associates Ltd   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GAMMA RAYS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; NEUTRON SOURCES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PARTICLE DETECTORS;

PARTICLE SEALED TUBE NEUTRON GENERATORS; TOTAL BODY COMPOSITION ANALYZERS;

NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CALIBRATION; CARBON; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REFERENCE VALUES; SHEEP; SWINE; UREA;

EID: 0032079402     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(97)00070-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (1)

1. Mitra, S., Wolff, J. E., Garrett, R. and Peters, C. W. (1995) Application of the associated particle technique for the whole-body measurement of protein, fat and water by 14 MeV neutron activation analysis - a feasibility study. Physics in Medicine and Biology 40, 1045.