Use of 48Ca as a stable isotope tracer analyzed by proton activation.

Abstract:

:The use of the stable isotope 48Ca as a tracer in biological systems has been studied. Determination of 48Ca concentrations in samples was accomplished by proton activation via the (p,n) reaction with subsequent measurement of gamma-ray spectra from 44-h 48Sc and 4-h 44Sc. With protons of about 5.5 MeV and a Ge(Li) gamma-ray detector, and with no chemical processing of the samples, ratios of these two radioisotopes can be determined with sufficient precision to allow 48Ca tracer studies to be performed with sensitivity at least equivalent to that possible with the common 45Ca radioactive tracer.

journal_name

Med Phys

journal_title

Medical physics

authors

Edwards FM,Kraushaar JJ,Ristinen RA,Rudolph H

doi

10.1118/1.594303

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1977-01-01 00:00:00

pages

58-65

issue

1

eissn

0094-2405

issn

2473-4209

journal_volume

4

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