On the Applications of IBA Techniques to Biological Samples Analysis: PIXE and RBS

Journal Article · Mon Aug 11 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2979262· OSTI ID:21149264

Falcon-Gonzalez, J M; Bernal-Alvarado, J; Sosa, M ^[1]; Garcia-Leon, M; Morilla Garcia, Y ^[2]; Garcia-Tenorio, R ^[3]

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1. Instituto de Fisica de la Universidad de Guanajuato, A.P. E-143, 37150 Leon, Guanajuato (Mexico)
2. Centro Nacional de Aceleradores, Sevilla (Spain)
3. Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla (Spain)

The analytical techniques based on ion beams or IBA techniques give quantitative information on elemental concentration in samples of a wide variety of nature. In this work, we focus on PIXE technique, analyzing thick target biological specimens (TTPIXE), using 3 MeV protons produced by an electrostatic accelerator. A nuclear microprobe was used performing PIXE and RBS simultaneously, in order to solve the uncertainties produced in the absolute PIXE quantifying. The advantages of using both techniques and a nuclear microprobe are discussed. Quantitative results are shown to illustrate the multielemental resolution of the PIXE technique; for this, a blood standard was used.

• OSTI ID: 21149264
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1032, Issue 1; Conference: 10. Mexican symposium on medical physics, Mexico City (Mexico), 17-19 Mar 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2979262; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC
ORGANIC
PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
BLOOD
ELECTRON PROBES
EMISSION SPECTRA
ION BEAMS
MEV RANGE
MULTI-ELEMENT ANALYSIS
NUCLEAR REACTION ANALYSIS
PIXE ANALYSIS
PROTONS
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
RESOLUTION
RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY
X-RAY SPECTRA