title: Investigation of the osteitis deformans phases in snake vertebrae by double-pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy.
abstract: Double-pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (DP-LIBS) was optimized for microspatial analyses of fossil and recent snake vertebrae. As complimentary techniques, solution analysis by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and synchrotron radiation X-ray microtomography was utilized in order to determine the overall concentration of the selected elements in the samples and to visualize nondestructively the fossil sample microstructure, respectively. Elemental mapping of pathological bony tissue by DP-LIBS has been proven as a powerful tool for considering the osteitis deformans phases in fossil vertebrae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlárská 2, 611 37, Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galiová
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Novotný
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ivanov
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nývltová Fisáková
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mancini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tromba
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vaculovic
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liska
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kanický
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000473:pathology*; D005580:Fossils; D007834:Lasers; D012911:Snakes / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D055114:X-Ray Microtomography / Q000379:methods