Measurement of the natural uranium content of fabricated, tissue substitute lung sets by dual photon absorptiometry.
The assessment of tissue substitute materials by dual photon absorptiometry has been extended to detect the presence of high atomic weight materials. Commercial dual photon systems dedicated to the measurement of bone mineral mass can be used to detect other elements in fabricated tissue phantoms. The technique is sufficiently sensitive to quantitate the mass of natural uranium that had been distributed throughout the lungs of a thorax phantom.
Kramer
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Human Monitoring Laboratory, BRMD, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Webber
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D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008168:Lung / Q000737:chemistry*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013691:Tellurium; D013909:Thorax; D014501:Uranium / Q000032:analysis*
D014501:Uranium; D013691:Tellurium