Quantitative analysis of gallstones using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 31, 2008, Pages

  Singh, Vivek K ^a   Singh, Vinita ^b   Rai, Awadhesh K ^a   Thakur, Surya N ^c   Rai, Pradeep K ^d   Singh, Jagdish P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^b 4100 Central Pike ^*  (United States)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Opal Hospital   (India)

^e MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; METAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CALIBRATION FREE; GALLBLADDER STONES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LASERINDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS); METAL ELEMENTS; MINOR CONSTITUENTS; SPECTRAL REGION; SPECTRO-PHOTOMETRIC METHOD;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CALCIUM; METAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; LASER; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME;

ADULT; CALCIUM; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60649088452     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.000G38     Document Type: Article

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