Performance appraisals of digital spectroscopy systems for the measurement of bone lead

S N Bateman; A Pejović-Milić; I M Stronach; F E McNeill; D R Chettle

doi:10.1016/s0969-8043(00)00197-4

Performance appraisals of digital spectroscopy systems for the measurement of bone lead

Appl Radiat Isot. 2000 Oct-Nov;53(4-5):647-50. doi: 10.1016/s0969-8043(00)00197-4.

Authors

S N Bateman¹, A Pejović-Milić, I M Stronach, F E McNeill, D R Chettle

Affiliation

¹ Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. batemasn@mcmaster.ca

PMID: 11003502
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-8043(00)00197-4

Abstract

The performances of two new digital spectroscopy systems are compared to a conventional analogue amplifier ADC system for the 109Cd based K X-ray fluorescence in vivo measurement of bone lead. Canberra's DSA-2000 and ORTEC's DSPEC(PLUS) were found to show 27.3 and 10.8% improvements in measurement precision respectively, when compared to an optimized conventional system. The resulting improvements in minimum detection limit, compared with the conventional limit of 6-10 microg Pb/g bone mineral, were reductions of 1.5-2.5 microg Pb/g bone mineral for the DSA-2000, and 0.5-1.0 microg Pb/g bone mineral for the DSPEC(PLUS).

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bone and Bones / chemistry*
Lead / analysis*
Models, Anatomic
Phantoms, Imaging
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted*
Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission / methods*

Substances

Lead