In vivo partial body activation analysis using filtered neutron beam

✍ Scribed by Chien Chung

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1988
• Weight: 302 KB
• Volume: 39
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0883-2889
• DOI: 10.1016/0883-2889(88)90153-0

✦ Synopsis

A facility for in cite prompt y-ray activation analysis using a filtered neutron beam from a mobile nuclear reactor is described. The low-power nuclear reactor with a thermal neutron absorber provides a maximum neutron flux of 11.000 neutron/cm's in the liquid phantom positioned on the surface of the irradiation plane; uniformity of the neutron flux inside the phantom with unilateral and bilateral irradiations is investigated.

The elemental concentration of toxic mercury in a body organ is determined from a rapid diagnostic irradiation with minimal radiation doses as well as high sensitivity.