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Improvements in an in vivo neutron activation analysis (NAA) method for the measurement of fluorine in human bone

Abstract

We previously published a method for the in vivo measurement of bone fluoride using neutron activation analysis (NAA) and demonstrated the utility of the technique in a pilot study of environmentally exposed people. The method involved activation of the hand in an irradiation cavity at the McMaster University Accelerator Laboratory and acquisition of the resultant γ-ray signals in a '4π' NaI(Tl) detector array of nine detectors. In this paper …

Authors

Mostafaei F; McNeill FE; Chettle DR; Prestwich WV

Journal

Physiological Measurement, Vol. 34, No. 10, pp. 1329–1341

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Publication Date

October 1, 2013

DOI

10.1088/0967-3334/34/10/1329

ISSN

0967-3334