Abstract
The initial method for in-vivo determination of body chlorine (BC1) was total body neutron activation followed by whole body counting of activated chlorine1. Efforts to analyze total body chlorine (TBC1) using prompt-gamma/NaI system were successful, but the background in the chlorine region of interest 5 to 7 MeV was high and therefore the precision suffered2.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
S. Yasumura, S.H. Cohn and K.J. Ellis, Measurement of extracellular space by total body neutron activation, Am. J. Phys. 13: R36 (1983).
A.H. Beddoe, S.J. Streat and G.L. Hill, Measurement of total chlorine by prompt gamma in vivo neutron activation analysis, Phys Med Biol. 32: 191 (1987).
N. Blagojevic, B.J. Allen and A.R. Rose, Development of a total body chlorine analyser using a bismuth germanate detector system and a 252 Cf neutron source, in: “In vivo body composition studies,” S. Yasumura, J.E. Harrison, K.G. McNeill, et al, Basic Life Sciences, Plenum Press, New York (1990).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1993 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Blagojevic, N., Allen, B.J., Russell, J. (1993). Performance of the Bismuth Germanate Total Body Chlorine Analyzer. In: Ellis, K.J., Eastman, J.D. (eds) Human Body Composition. Basic Life Sciences, vol 60. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1268-8_82
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1268-8_82
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4899-1270-1
Online ISBN: 978-1-4899-1268-8
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive