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

Abstract

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.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
OSTI Identifier:
6568127
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy
DOE Contract Number:  
EY-76-C-02-0016
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
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

Citation Formats

Vartsky, D, Ellis, K J, and Cohn, S H. Method and an apparatus for non-invasively determining the quantity of an element in a body organ. United States: N. p., 1980. Web.
Vartsky, D, Ellis, K J, & Cohn, S H. Method and an apparatus for non-invasively determining the quantity of an element in a body organ. United States.
Vartsky, D, Ellis, K J, and Cohn, S H. Fri . "Method and an apparatus for non-invasively determining the quantity of an element in a body organ". United States.
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abstractNote = {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.},
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year = {Fri Jun 27 00:00:00 EDT 1980},
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