Bone mass measurement using a xenon-filled multiwire proportional counter as detector
- 1 November 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Physics in Medicine & Biology
- Vol. 22 (6), 1059-1072
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/22/6/001
Abstract
The application of a xenon-filled multiwire proportional counter to photon absorptiometry of bone mass is described. Performance characteristics obtained from a prototype system are discussed and future developments indicated.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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