In Situ Lung Dust Analysis by Automated Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy With Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy: A Method for Assessing Inorganic Particles in Lung Tissue From Coal Miners.
Emily SarverCigdem KelesHeather LowersLauren Zell-BaranLeonard GoJeremy HuaCarlyne CoolCecile RoseFrancis GreenKirsten AlmbergRobert CohenPublished in: Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine (2024)
Automated FESEM-EDS analysis of lung dust is feasible in situ and could be applied to a larger set of mineral dust-exposed lung tissues to investigate specific histologic features of PMF and other dust-related occupational diseases.
Keyphrases
- electron microscopy
- health risk assessment
- health risk
- human health
- high resolution
- polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
- machine learning
- heavy metals
- deep learning
- high throughput
- gene expression
- risk assessment
- computed tomography
- mass spectrometry
- drinking water
- magnetic resonance
- magnetic resonance imaging
- single molecule
- liquid chromatography
- data analysis
- simultaneous determination