title: Biological tissues analysis by XRF microtomography.
abstract: The main of this work is to determine the elemental distribution in breast and prostate tissue samples in order to verify the concentration of some elements correlated with characteristics and pathology of each tissue observed by the X-ray transmission microtomography (microCT). The experiments were performed at the X-ray fluorescence beamline of the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory. The microCT images were reconstructed using a filtered-back-projection algorithm and the XRF microtomographies were reconstructed using a filtered-back-projection algorithm with absorption corrections.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratory (LIN), COPPE, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Calza
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Anjos
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Lopes
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013052:Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods