More than a century ago, Roentgen, using newly discovered x rays to form projection
shadowgrams of the human body, invented the first diagnostic imaging technology. Currently within …

Background: A previous study reported by this group found that patients in periodontal
maintenance programs taking vitamin D and calcium supplementation had a trend for better …

Background: A low dietary intake of vitamin D and calcium hastens bone loss and osteoporosis.
Because vitamin D metabolites may also alter the inflammatory response and have …

Sodic bentonite is widely used for industrial and scientific purposes, especially as a sealing
agent 1 , because of its great ability to swell in water 2,3 . It has been proposed for use in …

The sorption of iodide, iodate, and periodate ions by kaolinite, hematite and pelagic red clay
in buffer solutions and sea water was studied. Iodate ions (IO 3 − ) are strongly absorbed by …

Cretaceous, Tertiary, and Quaternary sediments from Deep Sea Drilling Project Sites 164 and
196 (1312′N, 16131′W and 3007′N, 14834′E, respectively) were analyzed for major …

In this paper, we provide a detailed account of our sample fusion, calibration and
instrumentation methods for major-element whole-rock analysis by XRF, and we discuss several …

In this paper, sample mass-absorption corrections for X-ray fluorescence trace element
analysis are reexamined and a new approach is presented that is more accurate and more …

… Author links open overlay panel Rex A Couture PhD a , Bruce R Whiting PhD b , Charles F
… Couture RA. Comments on noise and resolution of the DenOptix radiography system. Oral …

Objective. The purposes of this report are to present a quantitative model for digital oral
radiography and to evaluate a new photostimulable phosphor system for bone mass …