Counting scanning

FIGURE 4.32 The relationship between waiting time and defect counts scanned by KLA-AIT-II. The defect counts increase with the waiting time. 

Figure Bl.24.17. An example of scanning transmission ion microscopy (STIM) measurements of a human oral cancer cell. The different images indicate different windows in the energy of transmitted helium ions as indicated in the figure. White indicate areas of high counts. The teclmique offers a thickness scan through the sample, and, in this case, the cell walls of one specific cell can be seen in the areas dominated by thicker structures (data from C A Pineda, National Accelerator Centre, Fame, South Africa).

Figure Cl.5.2. Fluorescence excitation spectra (cps = counts per second) of pentacene in /i-teriDhenyl at 1.5 K. (A) Broad scan of the inhomogeneously broadened electronic origin. The spikes are repeatable features each due to a different single molecule. The laser detuning is relative to the line centre at 592.321 nm. (B) Expansion of a 2 GHz region of this scan showing several single molecules. (C) Low-power scan of a single molecule at 592.407 nm showing the lifetime-limited width of 7.8 MHz and a Lorentzian fit. Reprinted with pennission from Moemer [198]. Copyright 1994 American Association for the Advancement of Science.

With the same scanning capability, it is much faster and often more useful to simply scan one line on a sample. The data is again output to a color CRT, but it is presented as the modulation of the y-amplitude, which is determined by the intensity of the X-ray signal production ftom the ROI of the element of interest. As the probe scans along the line, the CRT plots a graph of the elemental counting rates versus distance. Here again, it is usually possible to plot the data from many ele-... 

A mass scan is acquired in cases when a survey of all impurities present in a volume of material is needed. Rather than measuring the secondary ion count rates of preselected elements as a fimction of sputtering time the count rates of all secondary ions are measured as a fimction of mass. Because a mass scan is continuously acquired over a mass range, no depth profiling or lateral information is available while operating in this mode. Figure 4 shows a mass scan acquired from a zirconia... 

The Autrometer does not scan. It does count the standard line at its peak intensity, and then it makes a count for the unknown at the sarhe goniometer setting. Obtaining, results of high precision presupposes high quality in the Autrometer for example, peak intensity must be... 

The nurse obtains the vital signs at die time of the initial assessment to provide baseline data. The primary healtii care provider may order many laboratory and diagnostic tests, such as an electroencephalogram, computed tomographic scan, complete blood count, and hepatic and renal function tests to confirm the diagnosis and identify a possible cause of the seizure disorder, as well as to provide a baseline during therapy with anticonvulsants. 

Another method is to count particles between a given range and then sum the counts as in 5.9.1. Alternately, one can purcheise an automatic peurticle counting instrument for about 50-60,000. The instrument consists of a microscope, a scanning device (usually a flying-spot sceumer), a television display and a pre-programmed microprocessor. All of the particles within a... 

The goals of treatment for acute pancreatitis include (1) resolution of nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and fever (2) ability to tolerate oral intake (3) normalization of serum amylase, lipase, and white blood cell count and (4) resolution of abscess, pseudocyst, or fluid collection as measured by CT scan. 

Evaluation Frequent physical examination, complete blood count (CBC), reticulocyte, and urinalysis based on symptomatology, the following may be needed needle aspiration to rule out osteomyelitis, abdominal studies (x-ray, computed tomography scan, etc), liver function tests, bilirubin, culture, and chest x-ray. 

In the hospital, he receives fluids and metronidazole 500 mg every 8 hours intravenously. Stool was sent for C. difficile toxin assay, which came back positive. The patient continues to have abdominal pain but no bowel movement. On day 3 of hospitalization, his abdomen is distended with diffuse pain. His white blood cell count remains elevated. A CT scan of the abdomen showed colonic dilatation to greater than 6 cm. The patient became febrile and hypotensive, requiring multiple pharmacologic support for hypotension. 

There is no universal guideline for follow-up care for MM. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network recommends annual skin examination for all patients.61 Educate patients with stage IA disease to have a history and physical examination every 3 to 12 months as clinically indicated and an annual skin examination for life. For stage IB to III disease, schedule a history and physical examination every 3 to 6 months for 3 years, every 4 to 12 months for 2 years, and then annually as indicated. It is optional to obtain a chest x-ray, LDH, complete blood count (CBC), and liver function tests (LFTs) every 3 to 12 months. CT scan can be obtained as indicated clinically.61 For NMSC, educate patients to schedule follow-up visits with... 

The sample was analysed with a primary ion beam of extracted from an oxygen cold cathode discharge type source. A well-focussed 200 nA spot was attained at 4keV per molecular ion. The beam was scanned over a square of side 400 pm to produce a uniform primary beam current density and thus a flat-bottomed crater. In order to eliminate crater-edge effects, the counting system was only enabled when the centre of deflection of the beam was in a central area 125 x 125 pm. 

The large amount of S in the particles suggested that S02 gas molecules or small sulfur-containing particles condense on to the surface of soil dusts during their transportation from China. Figure 4.22 illustrates an elemental map for Si distribution in coarse particles within a total scanning area of 25 pm x 25 pm. The scale bar shows the peak count of characteristic X-rays by pixel of the scan area. 

Line Scanning. In order to examine the variation of chemical composition within a sample, one approach is to select the X-ray signal from the element of interest and to display its intensity as the point of incidence of the electron beam is moved along a chosen path (by moving either the beam or the specimen). The instantaneous count rate is measured, and a trace of composition versus beam position is obtained, as illustrated in Figure 5.9. 

It is possible to extend the line scanning method to two-dimensional scanning. In its simplest form, the display is made bright every time an X-ray photon is counted, thus generating a image of bright dots. The dot density provides a qualitative measure of the concentration of the element of interest. 

Integral intensities were obtained after dead-time corrections, background subtraction and normalization to averaged monitor counts. The Lp correction was applied in the usual way. Since the polarization ratio was not measured at BW5 so far, 90% linear horizontally polarized radiation was assumed for all scans. Calculations show that even a change in the beam polarization of 10% would effect the intensities of the highest order reflections of less than 1.5%. 

The Compton profile measurements on Cu and Cu 953AI0047 were performed at ID 15b of the ESRF. Figure 1 shows the setup of the scanning-type Compton spectrometer used. It consists of a Si (311) monochromator (M), a Ge (440) analyzer (A) and a Nal detector (D). The signal of an additional Ge solid state detector (SSD) was used for normalization. ES, CS and DS denote the entrance slit, the collimator slit and the detector slit, respectively. For each sample 10 different directions were measured with approximately 1.5-2 x 103 7 total counts per direction. The incident energy was 57.68 keV for the Cu and 55.95 keV for the Cuo.953Alo.047 measurement. 

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