Monte Carlo simulation of source-excited in vivo x-ray fluorescence measurements of heavy metals.

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Published in Phys Med Biol on June 01, 1998

Authors

J M O'Meara1, D R Chettle, F E McNeill, W V Prestwich, C E Svensson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, On, Canada.

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