Application of the fundamental parameter method to the in vivo x-ray fluorescence analysis of Pt

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1245-1255

  Szaloki I ^a   Lewis, D G ^b,d   Bennett, C A ^c,e   Kilic, A ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

BIOPHYSICS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PLATINUM; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 0041292218     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/5/012     Document Type: Article

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