Method and an apparatus for non-invasively determining the quantity of an element in a body organ

Patent · Fri Jun 27 00:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:6568127

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

An apparatus and a method for determining in a body organ the amount of an element with the aid of a gaseous gamma ray source, where the element and the source are paired in predetermined pairs, and with the aid of at least one detector selected from the group consisting of Ge(Li) and NaI(Tl). Gamma rays are directed towards the organ, thereby resonantly scattering the gamma rays from nuclei of the element in the organ; the intensity of the gamma rays is detected by the detector; and the amount of the element in the organ is then substantially proportional to the detected intensity of the gamma rays.

• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-02-0016
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• OSTI ID: 6568127
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ALUMINIUM 28
PAIRING INTERACTIONS
COPPER 65
ELEMENTS
MEASURING METHODS
TISSUE DISTRIBUTION
GAMMA RADIATION
RESONANCE SCATTERING
IRON 56
MAGNESIUM 24
MANGANESE 56
PHOSPHORUS 31
SILICON 28
SILICON 31
SODIUM 24
ZINC 65
GAMMA SOURCES
GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
NAI DETECTORS
ORGANS
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALUMINIUM ISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
COPPER ISOTOPES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DISTRIBUTION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INELASTIC SCATTERING
INTERACTIONS
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
IONIZING RADIATIONS
IRON ISOTOPES
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MAGNESIUM ISOTOPES
MANGANESE ISOTOPES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
PHOSPHORUS ISOTOPES
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATION SOURCES
RADIATIONS
RADIOISOTOPES
SCATTERING
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
SILICON ISOTOPES
SODIUM ISOTOPES
SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
STABLE ISOTOPES
ZINC ISOTOPES
440101* - Radiation Instrumentation- General Detectors or Monitors & Radiometric Instruments