Fat and water photon scattering data for In vivo lean and fatty tissue composition studies

Photon scattering cross-section data for freshly excised and filtered liquid pig fat was measured in the interval χ = 0.02 to 0.64 Å−1 (χ = E*[sin(θ/2)]/12.4; E being the photon incident energy (keV) and θ the scattering angle). The experimental results demonstrate that the marked intermolecular effects of coherent scattering in the forward direction can be exploited as a tool for characterizing lean and fatty tissue.