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ArticlePhysiological measurement2018

A microbeam grazing-incidence approach to L-shell x-ray fluorescence measurements of lead concentration in bone and soft tissue phantoms.

Mihai Raul Gherase, Summer Al-Hamdani

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Article in Physiological measurement, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mihai Raul GheraseCalifornia State University, Fresno, CA, United States of America.
Summer Al-Hamdani
California State University, Fresno · US

Funding

Assessment of human long-term lead exposure using a confocal L-shell x-ray fluorescence method for bone lead measurementsSC2GM121187 · NIGMS · CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FRESNO · PI GHERASE, MIHAI RAUL · 2017 to 2019
$420k
NIGMS NIH HHS SC2 GM121187
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveL-shell x-ray fluorescence (LXRF) is a non-invasive approach to lead (Pb) concentration measurements in the human bone. The first studies were published in the early 1980s. In the same period the K-shell x-ray fluorescence (KXRF) method using a Cd-109 radionuclide source was developed and later improved and refined. Lower sensitivity and calibration difficulties associated with the LXRF method led the KXRF to be the most adopted method for in vivo human bone Pb studies. In the present study a microbeam-based grazing-incidence approach to Pb LXRF measurements was investigated. APPROACH: The microbeam produced by an integrated x-ray tube and polycapillary x-ray lens (PXL) unit was used to excite cylindrical plaster-of-Paris (poP) bone phantoms doped with Pb in seven concentrations: 0, 8, 16, 29, 44, 59, and 74 µg g MAIN

resultsThe lowest detection limit (DL) values were (2.9  ±  0.2), (4.9  ±  0.3), and (23  ±  3) µg g SIGNIFICANCE: The results are superior to a relatively recently published LXRF phantom study and show promise for future designs of in vivo LXRF measurements.

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Phantoms, ImagingBone and BonesCalibrationHumansLeadSpectrometry, X-Ray EmissionLead

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PMID29406315
PMCPMC6040594
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