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Proton-Induced X-ray Emission Analysis of Human Autopsy Tissues*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

R. D. Lear ,
H. A. Van Rinsvelt  and
W. S. Adams
R. D. Lear
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 32611
H. A. Van Rinsvelt
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 32611
W. S. Adams
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, General Rose Memorial Hospital and University of Colorado Medical Center Denver, Colorado 30220
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Abstract

The 3.8 MeV proton beam from the University of Florida Van de Graaff accelerator has been used to perform trace element analysis of approximately 1200 samples (mostly from autopsies) of human tissues by proton-induced X-ray emission analysis (PIXE). Fifteen different organs and a variety of diseases have been studied. Preliminary data are presented indicating the variations of various elements in human kidney as a function of age. Analysis of samples from infants also indicate essential and non-essential elements in human kidney. On the average twelve trace elements (with atomic number equal to or larger than nineteen) are observed in each organ. Quantitative measurements have been made on several elements including K, Ca, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Pb, Br, Rb, Sr, Cd, and Ba.

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X-Ray Fluorescence
Information
Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 20: Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 4-6, 1976 , 1976 , pp. 403 - 410
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1976

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Supported in part by grants GM20281-02 and GM20282-02 from the National Institutes of Health.

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