An accelerator based system for in vivo neutron activation analysis measurements of manganese in human hand bones

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2718-2724

  Arnold, M L ^a,c   McNeill, F E ^a   Stronach, I M ^a   Pejovic Milic, A ^a   Chettle, D R ^a,d   Waker, A ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN NUCLEAR LABORATORIES   (Canada)

^c Physics Department   (Canada)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerator; Body composition; Bone; Humans; In vivo; Manganese; Neutron activation

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BONE; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; GAMMA RAYS; MANGANESE; NEUTRON LOGGING; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; SODIUM IODIDE;

BODY COMPOSITION; ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT; MINIMUM DETECTABLE LIMITS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION;

NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

MANGANESE; CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; BONE; HAND; HUMAN; MICRODOSIMETRY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

BONE AND BONES; CALCIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; MANGANESE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036852644     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1517613     Document Type: Article

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