Bone Density Measurement using Compton Scattering
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2010-07
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this project was to study and examine the applications of Compton
scattering to measure bone mineral density and the relation between bone mass
loss by aging and a disease called osteoporosis, which is, mostly a problem of post
menopausal women. Out of many scientific applications of Compton scattering,
bone mineral density measuring is also the most important.
In a Coherent/Compton scattering method for measurement of trabecular bone
mineral density, the trabecular bone mineral density correlated well with the mineral
density values obtained by the gamma ray transmission method. Many problems
are encountered in the use of dual photon absorptiometry with a single detector. By
measuring the ratio of coherent to Compton scattering it is possible to determine
the effective atomic number of materials in the region appropriate for bone mineral
estimation
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Using Compton Scattering