X-ray fluorescent scanning of the thyroid

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-X

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2. Fundamental and Technical Aspects

   1. Theoretical Bases of XRF

      • F. Deconinck

      Pages 1-12

   2. Incident Sources

      • B. Aubert, P. Fragu

      Pages 13-30

   3. Detection Systems for XRF Studies of the Thyroid

      • James A. Patton, Ronald R. Price

      Pages 31-45

   4. A Stationary X-Ray Fluorescent System for Measuring Thyroid Iodine Concentrations

      • S. C. Ng Tang Fui, M. N. Maisey

      Pages 46-66

   5. Quantification Problems in X-Ray Fluorescence Determination of Intrathyroidal Iodine

      • A. Magrini, L. Raganella, S. Di Luzio, G. Izzo, P. Pavoni

      Pages 67-81

   6. Quality-Control Procedures and Evaluation of a Fluorescent Thyroid Scanner

      • H. W. Wahner

      Pages 82-99

3. Clinical Applications

   1. Stable Iodine and Thyroid Function

      • M. H. Jonckheer

      Pages 100-116

   2. Endemic Non-Toxic Goiter

      • B. Leisner

      Pages 117-132

   3. Feasibility of In Vivo XRF Dynamic Study of the Thyroid Following Stable Iodine Administration

      • P. Pavoni, L. Raganella, S. Di Luzio, G. Izzo, A. Magrini

      Pages 133-144

   4. Thyroid Iodine Content Measurement Helps for the Diagnosis of Hyper-Hyroidism with Undetectable Radioiodine Uptake

      • P. Fragu, M. Schlumberger, B. Aubert, M. Tubiana

      Pages 145-162

   5. Clinical Usefulness of X-Ray Fluorescence Thyroid Iodine Quantitation and Scanning

      • M. H. Jonckheer, H. W. Wahner

      Pages 163-180

4. Back Matter

   Pages 181-184

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Just prior to the 1982 Annual Meeting of the European Thyroid Association in Brussels, a number of outstanding experts in the field of X-ray fluorescence gathered at the Academisch Ziekenhuis of the Free University of Brussels in a joint effort to more clearly define the actual place and value of the latest newcomer among the techniques available for the in vivo assessment of thyroid function. It is the merit of Prof. M. Jonckheer to have organised this meeting and to have made available the work presented there to a larger public in the form of this monograph. Both, the meeting and the written accounts thereof are greatly appreciated by all thyroidologists who care for properly defining the genuine value of X-Ray fluorescence in scientific research and in clinical management of thyroid disorder. Three main conclusions can be drawn from the work presented 1. X-ray fluorescence has become a safe, convenient and reliable tool for measuring intrathyroidal iodine stores in vivo with an inter-assay reproducibility estimated at roughly 10% 2. X-ray fluorescence, used by expert hands, is a highly interesting tool to follow changes of intra thyroidal iodine stores in time, subsequent e. g. to the exposure of the thyroid gland to excess iodine 3. In contrast, no definite place of X-ray fluorescence as a technique in routine assessment of thyroid disease is yet at the horizon This latter conclusion may appear somewhat disappointing.

• X-ray
• diagnosis
• fluorescence

`Represents an excellent compilation of both the basic and the most sophisticated aspects of fluorescent thyroid scanning... ...this book is `must' reading for anyone seriously interested in x-ray fluorescent scanning of the thyroid.'
American Journal of Roentgenology
`This is an excellent up-to-date monograph and essential reading for anyone using the technique or hoping to develop it in their own laboratory.'
British Journal of Radiology

• Department of Radioisotopes Academic Hospital, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel, Belgium

  M. H. Jonckheer, F. Deconinck

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