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Title: Use of nuclear resonant scattering of gamma rays for in vivo measurement of iron

Abstract

A technique for determination of elements in human body in-vivo, utilizing nuclear resonant scattering of gamma rays has been developed. 847 keV photons emitted from a gaseous /sup 56/MnCl/sub 2/ source are resonantly scattered from /sup 56/Fe present in the body. The detection of these gamma rays is used to estimate the iron content of the liver or heart of patients. Details of the calibration procedure and potential molecular effects are described.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
6196619
Report Number(s):
BNL-29737; CONF-810647-8
ON: DE81026051; TRN: 81-014217
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-76CH00016
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Conference on X- and gamma-ray sources and applications, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 10 Jun 1981
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; IRON; BODY BURDEN; MAN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; RESONANCE SCATTERING; MEASURING METHODS; GAMMA DETECTION; GAMMA SOURCES; HEART; IN VIVO; IRON 56; LIVER; MANGANESE 56; MANGANESE CHLORIDES; ANIMALS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHLORIDES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DETECTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELEMENTS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; GLANDS; HALIDES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INELASTIC SCATTERING; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IRON ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE HALIDES; MANGANESE ISOTOPES; METALS; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANS; PRIMATES; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIOISOTOPES; SCATTERING; STABLE ISOTOPES; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; VERTEBRATES; 550602* - Medicine- External Radiation in Diagnostics- (1980-)

Citation Formats

Vartsky, D, Wielopolski, L, Ellis, K J, and Cohn, S H. Use of nuclear resonant scattering of gamma rays for in vivo measurement of iron. United States: N. p., 1981. Web.
Vartsky, D, Wielopolski, L, Ellis, K J, & Cohn, S H. Use of nuclear resonant scattering of gamma rays for in vivo measurement of iron. United States.
Vartsky, D, Wielopolski, L, Ellis, K J, and Cohn, S H. 1981. "Use of nuclear resonant scattering of gamma rays for in vivo measurement of iron". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6196619.
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title = {Use of nuclear resonant scattering of gamma rays for in vivo measurement of iron},
author = {Vartsky, D and Wielopolski, L and Ellis, K J and Cohn, S H},
abstractNote = {A technique for determination of elements in human body in-vivo, utilizing nuclear resonant scattering of gamma rays has been developed. 847 keV photons emitted from a gaseous /sup 56/MnCl/sub 2/ source are resonantly scattered from /sup 56/Fe present in the body. The detection of these gamma rays is used to estimate the iron content of the liver or heart of patients. Details of the calibration procedure and potential molecular effects are described.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6196619}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981}
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