A feasibility study of prompt capture gamma in vivo neutron activation analysis

• Published in: Medical physics (Lancaster) Vol. 6; no. 3; p. 179
• Main Authors: Zamenhof, R G, Deutsch, O L, Murray, B W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.1979
• Subjects: Activation Analysis - methods; Body Composition; Humans; Models, Structural; Neutron Activation Analysis - methods

The feasibility of using the information contained in the radiative capture gamma ray spectrum of the neutron-irradiated human body to measure quantitatively total body elemental composition in vivo has been investigated. Results of time dependent Monte Carlo simulations have shown that spectral int...