Do the various radiations present in BNCT act synergistically? Cell survival experiments in mixed alpha-particle and gamma-ray fields

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 7-8 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Phoenix, Ben ^a   Green, Stuart ^b   Hill, Mark A ^c   Jones, Bleddyn ^b   Mill, Andrew ^a   Stevens, David L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BNCT; Cell survival; Mixed radiation field

Indexed keywords

BNCT; CELL SURVIVAL; COBALT-60; DOSE RATE; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FIELD RADIATION; GAMMA-RAY FIELDS; GAMMA-RAY PHOTONS; IDENTICAL CONDITIONS; INDEPENDENT ACTION; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCILS; MIXED RADIATION FIELD; PARTICLE ENERGY; PLUTONIUM-238; SIMULTANEOUS IRRADIATION; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; SYNERGISTIC INTERACTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COBALT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; IRRADIATION; PLUTONIUM; STARS; X RAY CAMERAS;

GAMMA RAYS;

COBALT 60; PLUTONIUM 238;

ALPHA RADIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHINESE HAMSTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD;

ALPHA PARTICLES; ANIMALS; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; CRICETINAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GAMMA RAYS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MESOCRICETUS; PLUTONIUM; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 67649401756     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.03.097     Document Type: Article

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