Published March 2007
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Journal article
Feasibility study of using PET to determine nitrogen concentration after high energy photon irradiation
- 1. Centre of Nuclear and Radiation Physics, School of Electronic and Physical Sciences, Surrey, Guildford (United Kingdom). Department of Physics
- 2. King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). Biomedical Physics Department
Description
The technique of photon activation analysis (PAA) is widely employed in many fields as an effective non-invasive tool for measuring elemental compositions and concentrations. In recent years there has been a revival and growing interest of PAA in general and for medical applications in particular. The feasibility of using a PET scanner (Ecat Exact 931) to determine nitrogen concentration in a dead rabbit is described. This method is based on the photon activation of 14N(γ,n)13N (T1/2 = 9.9 min) using an 18 MV photon beam Medical Linear Accelerator (Varian 2300EX). (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
- Journal Volume
- 271
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 783-787
- ISSN
- 0236-5731
- CODEN
- JRNCDM
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Hungary
- Country of Input or Organization
- Hungary
- INIS RN
- 38053973
- Subject category
- S38: RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IRRADIATION; NITROGEN; PHOTON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RABBITS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; ELEMENTS; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MAMMALS; NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; NONMETALS; TOMOGRAPHY; VERTEBRATES
Optional Information
- Notes
- 12 refs.