BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF PIXE AT FUDAN UNIVERSITY

The aspects of the PIXE technique in the Van de Graaff Laboratory of Fudan University are reported. The analytical precision is within 5% when handling with care and within 10% in routine analysis. Some recent applications of PIXE are presented, including the pathogeny analysis of Kashin-Beck’s disease and cancer, hair analysis of pregnant women and an unknown primate, and PIXE analysis in DNA study.