Effects of measurement distance and source activity on the precision of X-ray fluorescence measurements of lead in a bone phantom

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 471-478

  Fleming, David E B ^a,b   Chettle, David R ^c   McNeill, Fiona E ^c   Weedon, Andrew G P ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone lead; Precision; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BONE; FLUORESCENCE; GAMMA RAYS; SCATTERING; X RAYS;

BONE LEAD; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

LEAD;

EID: 1842689687     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2003.10.014     Document Type: Article

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