Click a button to explore the whole body counter
Click a button to explore the whole body counter
Total Body Potassium Counting
View from inside the 40K whole body counter
Special detectors capture gamma rays emitted by a subject. The gammas come from a naturally occurring isotope of potassium found in the human body. Total body potassium is an accurate index of the mass of metabolically active tissues in the body.
[WBC technique] [theory]
[process] [schematic]
USDA/ARS
Children's Nutrition Research Center
1100 Bates Street, Houston, Texas 77030
© Copyright 2000-2006 Baylor
College of Medicine. All Rights Reserved.
Contact
Us.