Research Article
Portable XRF Technology to Quantify Pb in Bone In Vivo
Table 6
Bone Pb concentrations for three intact cadaver bones measured by portable XRF for 9 times compared to those measured by KXRF.
| Cadaver bone ID | Cadaver bone (ppm) | 7042 | 7031 | 7168 |
| KXRF | 14.27 ± 1.19 | 19.7 ± 1.04 | 3.64 ± 1.07 |
| 1 | 14.55 ± 1.68 | 17.69 ± 4.74 | 7.07 ± 10.51 | 2 | 15.42 ± 1.69 | 16.4 ± 4.72 | 5 ± 10.44 | 3 | 14.75 ± 1.68 | 17.75 ± 4.66 | 15.8 ± 10.67 | 4 | 12.58 ± 1.66 | 13.63 ± 4.68 | 12.93 ± 10.64 | 5 | 10.98 ± 1.65 | 22.86 ± 4.79 | 12.24 ± 10.57 | 6 | 14.69 ± 1.67 | 18.13 ± 4.87 | 16.2 ± 10.71 | 7 | 13.2 ± 1.66 | 24.15 ± 4.95 | 6.89 ± 10.54 | 8 | 12.44 ± 1.64 | 17.67 ± 5 | 11.58 ± 10.75 | 9 | 12.5 ± 1.64 | 15.55 ± 5.01 | 24.25 ± 10.76 |
| Average ± SD | 13.46 ± 1.46 | 18.2 ± 3.34 | 12.44 ± 5.93 |
| Soft tissue thickness (mm) | 1.3 | 4.1 | 5.6 |
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