Elemental analysis of the thyroid by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy

• Published in: Biomedical optics express Vol. 8; no. 11; pp. 4865 - 4871
• Main Authors: Ahmed, Irfan, Ahmed, Rafay, Yang, Jingwei, Law, Alan Wing Lun, Zhang, Yanpeng, Lau, Condon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Optical Society of America 01.11.2017
• Subjects: (170.6935) Tissue characterization; (300.6365) Spectroscopy, laser induced breakdown

The thyroid is an important hormone regulation organ. Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is developed to assess iodine and other essential elements in the thyroid (of rats). Subjects are administered 0.05% iodine water for 0, 6, and 12 days before the thyroid is extracted. Pronounced iodine...