Recent developments in in vivo neutron activation analysis facilities
| Autor: | John R. Mernagh, K. G. McNeill, Satish Krishnan, J. E. Harrison |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Total body nitrogen
medicine.medical_specialty Nitrogen business.industry Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Biochemistry (medical) Clinical Biochemistry Nutritional Status Nutritional status Neutron Activation Analysis General Medicine Biochemistry Inorganic Chemistry Bone Density medicine Humans Osteoporosis Calcium Medical physics Neutron activation analysis General hospital Nuclear medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Biological Trace Element Research. :415-421 |
| ISSN: | 1559-0720 0163-4984 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf02992696 |
| Popis: | Two new facilities for in vivo activation analysis of patients have been designed, developed, and constructed at Toronto General Hospital. One of these is for the determination of body calcium for the diagnosis of osteoporosis and other diseases associated with bone loss. The other is for the measurement of total body nitrogen for the determination of protein status. These facilities replace old university facilities and take into account the comfort and management of patients. In addition, in the case of the calcium facility, the precision of the measurements has been improved because of larger detector volume and increased neutron source strength. Both the facilities are now in routine hospital clinical use. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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