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

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6196619

Vartsky, D; Wielopolski, L; Ellis, K J; Cohn, S H

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.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6196619
• Report Number(s): BNL-29737; CONF-810647-8; ON: DE81026051; TRN: 81-014217
• 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

Related Subjects

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-)