Preferred Label : nuclear microscopy;
MeSH definition : A method of simultaneously imaging and measuring elements at the submicron level.
Nuclear microscopy uses a focused high-energy ion beam of PROTONS and ALPHA PARTICLES
(a nuclear microprobe) to interact with the sample. The resulting emitted radiations
are analyzed by a group of techniques simultaneously: PARTICLE INDUCED X RAY EMISSION
SPECTROMETRY for minor and trace element identification; Rutherford Backscattering
Spectroscopy to assess sample thickness and bulk elements such as carbon, hydrogen,
oxygen, and nitrogen; and Scanning Transmission Ion Microscopy to assess sample structure
and density.;
MeSH synonym : microscopy, nuclear; scanning nuclear microprobe analysis; nuclear microscope analysis; analyses, nuclear microscope; analysis, nuclear microscope; microscope analyses, nuclear; microscope analysis, nuclear; nuclear microscope analyses;
Origin ID : D062345;
UMLS CUI : C3494306;
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A method of simultaneously imaging and measuring elements at the submicron level.
Nuclear microscopy uses a focused high-energy ion beam of PROTONS and ALPHA PARTICLES
(a nuclear microprobe) to interact with the sample. The resulting emitted radiations
are analyzed by a group of techniques simultaneously: PARTICLE INDUCED X RAY EMISSION
SPECTROMETRY for minor and trace element identification; Rutherford Backscattering
Spectroscopy to assess sample thickness and bulk elements such as carbon, hydrogen,
oxygen, and nitrogen; and Scanning Transmission Ion Microscopy to assess sample structure
and density.
