Nuclear techniques for the analysis of urinary calculi.
Sections of urinary calculi were prepared and point-by-point analyses along a line-scan were carried out using the techniques of proton-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) and nuclear reaction analysis (NRA). Correlations between several pairs of elements (including trace elements) were noted and it was also clear that the composition of a stone varied markedly at different stages of development.
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School of Physics and Space Research, University of Birmingham.
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D006801:Humans; D013051:Spectrometry, Gamma; D013052:Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000737:chemistry*
D014131:Trace Elements