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The Application of X-Ray Diffraction to Medical Problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Jonathan Parsons*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics Edsel B. Ford Institute for Medical Research Detroit, Michigan
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Abstract

The use of the X-ray diffraction Debye-Scherrer powder technique for the identification of crystalline material often found in pathologic tissue is discussed. Cases cited include: heart calcification, lung silicosis, thorium dioxide in liver and spleen, and granulomas of the skin and pericardium. The routine analysis of kidney stones using powder cameras as well as an X-ray diffractometer will be described.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1959

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