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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Phys. 2010 Oct;99(4):464–470. doi: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181cb840f

Table 3.

Number and density of 239Pu fission fragment tracks in different parts of the bone tissue.

Bone type Compartment Tracks, number in compartment Surface of area of tracks calculation, × 10−7 m2 Track density, × 107 tracks m−2
Bone volume
6,283
25.1
250
Cavities of Haversian canals
29
0.4
73
Cortical Bone surface
Endosteum
985
0.3

Endosteum of Haversian canals
415
0.2
2,800
Bone volume
10,165
25.7
396
Trabecular Bone surface (Endosteum)
9,955
2.8
3,555
Bone marrow 2,728 215.2 12.7