Opportunities to improve the in vivo measurement of manganese in human hands

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-28

  Aslam, ^a   Chettle, D R ^a   Pejovic Milic A ^a,b   Waker, A J ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; BONE; CALCIUM; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; IRRADIATION; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; PROTON IRRADIATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL STUDIES; BEAM CURRENTS; BEAM ENERGIES; BEAM PARAMETERS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY MOTIONS; CHEST RADIOGRAPHS; CLINICAL STUDIES; DETECTION LIMITS; DETECTION SYSTEMS; DOSE EQUIVALENTS; EFFECTIVE DOSES; ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSIONS; HAND BONES; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN HANDS; HUMAN SUBJECTS; IN VIVO MEASUREMENTS; IN-VIVO; IRRADIATION CONDITIONS; IRRADIATION TIMES; MOTOR CONTROLS; NEUTRON ACTIVATIONS; OPTIMAL SELECTIONS; PILOT STUDIES; PROTON BEAM ENERGIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SKELETAL FUNCTIONS;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

CALCIUM; LITHIUM; MANGANESE;

ARTICLE; BONE LEVEL; CALCIUM BONE LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EXPOSURE; HAND; HAND BONE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; NEUTRON; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REFERENCE VALUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

HAND BONES; HUMANS; MANGANESE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149234139     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/1/002     Document Type: Article

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