Estimation of calcified tissues hardness via calcium and magnesium ionic to atomic line intensity ratio in laser induced breakdown spectra

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1343-1347

  Abdel Salam, Z A ^a   Galmed, A H ^a   Tognoni, E ^b   Harith, M A ^a  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcified tissues; Hardness; LIBS; Shock waves

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); CALCIUM; CORRELATION METHODS; HARDNESS; MAGNESIUM; SHOCK WAVES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

CALCIFIED TISSUES; INTENSITIES RATIO; IONIC CALCIUM;

TISSUE;

EID: 36749087630     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2007.10.033     Document Type: Article

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