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Title

Quantitative analysis of pathological nails using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) technique.

Authors

Hamzaoui, S.; Khleifia, R.; Jaïdane, N.; Ben Lakhdar, Z.; Jaïdane, N

Abstract

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) has been used as a potential method for simultaneous measurement of the elements Ca, Na, and K, for normal and pathological nails. We compared the measured LIBS spectra of these elements for normal and pathological nails. The B²∑ --> X²∑ violet band emission spectrum of CN was used for the estimation of the transient temperature of the plasma plume and consequently of the sample surface considering thermodynamic equilibrium.

Subjects

NAILS (Anatomy); MEDICAL lasers; LASER spectroscopy; QUANTITATIVE research; EMISSION spectroscopy; THERMODYNAMIC equilibrium; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; VIBRATION (Mechanics); CALCIUM; LASERS; POTASSIUM; REFERENCE values; SODIUM; IN vitro studies; SPECTRUM analysis; DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT & supplies

Publication

Lasers in Medical Science, 2011, Vol 26, Issue 1, p79

ISSN

0268-8921

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1007/s10103-010-0821-x