Fat and water photon scattering data for in vivo lean and fatty tissue composition studies.
Photon scattering cross-section data for freshly excised and filtered liquid pig fat was measured in the interval chi = 0.02 to 0.64 A-1 (chi = E*[sin(theta/2)]/12.4; E being the photon incident energy (keV) and theta the scattering angle). The experimental results demonstrate that the marked intermolecular effects of coherent scattering in the forward direction can be exploited as a tool for characterizing lean and fatty tissue.
Tartari
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Department of Physics, University of Ferrara, Italy.
Casnati
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Bonifazzi
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C
Paganetto
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Felsteiner
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D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000737:chemistry*; D000818:Animals; D001823:Body Composition; D001834:Body Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D017785:Photons; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013552:Swine; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction / Q000379:methods