Dosimetry study for a new in vivo X-ray fluorescence (XRF) bone lead measurement system

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

Volumn 263, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 225-230

  Nie, Huiling ^a   Chettle, David ^b   Luo, Liqiang ^c   O'Meara, Joanne ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR GEOANALYSIS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone lead; Dose; XRF

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ORTHOPEDICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLE DETECTORS;

BONE LEAD MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; HUMAN-EQUIVALENT PHANTOMS; MINIMUM DETECTABLE LIMIT (MDL); X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (XRF);

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 34548817282     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2007.04.090     Document Type: Article

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