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Proton Radiographic Detection of Strokes

Nature volume 245, pages 38–40 (1973)Cite this article

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SOME penetrating radiations other than X rays can be used for the visualization of bodily structures. We are investigating the clinical potential of protein radiography, by which it is possible to obtain radiographs of unusually high contrast1. Having visualized tumours within human specimens, including brain autopsy material2, and carcinomas within breast tissue (manuscript in preparation), we now report the visualization of cerebral vascular lesions in specimens fixed in formalin.

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  1. Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60637

    V. W. STEWARD

  2. Cyclotron Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, Masachusetts, 02138

    A. M. KOEHLER

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STEWARD, V., KOEHLER, A. Proton Radiographic Detection of Strokes. Nature 245, 38–40 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/245038a0

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