Abstract

X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) analysis is useful for measuring density distributions of contrast media in vivo. An XRF camera was developed to carry out mapping for iodine-based contrast media used in medical angiography. In this camera, objects are exposed by an x-ray beam formed using a 3.0-mm-diameter lead hole. Next, cerium K-series characteristic x-rays are absorbed effectively by iodine media in objects, and iodine fluorescences are produced from the objects. Iodine Kα fluorescences are selected out using a 58-μm-thick stannum filter and are detected by a cadmium telluride (CdTe) detector. Kα rays are discriminated out by a multichannel analyzer (MCA), and photon number is counted by a counter board (CB). The objects are moved and scanned using an x-y stage driven by a two-stage controller, and x-ray images obtained by iodine mapping are shown in a personal computer (PC) monitor. In particular, iodine fluorescences were produced from remanent iodine elements in a cancer region of a rabbit ear.

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