Ultrasonography and element analysis of human liver biopsy samples

Introduction: In a previous study ultrasonography (US) was correlated with the results of element analysis of human liver biopsy samples. Total reflexion X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (TXRF) was previously successfully used for this purpose. Nevertheless, those elements whose concentration was under 1µg/g could only be detected with less reliability, or even were under the detection limit. The aim of this study was to apply also inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) simultaneously with the TXRF method and compare their effectivity concerning the detection of elements. The possible correlation b…