X-ray fluorescence and energy dispersive x-ray diffraction for the quantification of elemental concentrations in breast tissue

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-110

  Geraki, K ^a   Farquharson, M J ^a   Bradley, D A ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYNCHROTRONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (XRF);

TISSUE;

COPPER; IRON; POTASSIUM; ZINC;

ACCURACY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION SCATTERING; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIBRATION; COPPER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAYS; ZINC;

EID: 0345832276     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/1/007     Document Type: Article

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