Volumes from which calcium and phosphorus x-rays arise in electron probe emission microanalysis of bone: Monte Carlo simulation

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 745-749

  Howell, P G T ^a,b   Boyde, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone; BSE SEM; Ca:P ratio; EDX; Emission volume; Excitation volume; Microanalysis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SAMPLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIMULATION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CALCIUM; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOSPHORUS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAYS;

EID: 0042767690     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-002-2010-9     Document Type: Article

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