Tissue Chemical Analysis with Muonic X Rays
- 1 July 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 120 (1) , 193-198
- https://doi.org/10.1148/120.1.193
Abstract
The stopped muon channel at the Clinton P. Anderson Meson Physics Facility was used as a source of muons for studying the elemental composition of tissue via muonic x-rays. The x-ray spectra from several types of tissue were used to determine the amounts of C, N, and O2 present. These determinations agree with the results of more conventional chemical analysis. Muonic x-rays offer a noninvasive technique for determining the amounts of the more abundant elements in selected regions of the body.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: