Simultaneous assessment of arsenic and selenium in human nail phantoms using a portable x-ray tube and a detector

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Roy, Christopher W ^a   Gherase, Mihai Raul ^a   Fleming, David E B ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC X RAYS; HUMAN NAILS; INSTRUMENTAL DETECTION; NAIL SAMPLES; POLYESTER RESIN; SALT MIXTURES; SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS; SILICON PIN DIODE DETECTOR; SOFT TISSUE; TWO-COMPONENT;

ARSENIC; POLYESTER RESINS; RESINS; SELENIUM; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; X RAY TUBES;

SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

ARSENIC; SELENIUM; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NAIL; RADIOGRAPHY;

ARSENIC; ELECTRONICS; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NAILS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; SELENIUM; SILICON;

EID: 77749341058     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/6/N02     Document Type: Article

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