A 238Pu irradiator for exposure of cultured cells with alpha-radiation: Construction, calibration and dosimetry

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1998-2002

  Tisnek, Nikolai ^a   Kalanxhi, Erta ^a   Serkland, Camilla Walle ^a   Iversen, Jørn ^a   Belyakov, Oleg V ^b   Dahle, Jostein ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

238 Plutonium; Alpha particle radiation

Indexed keywords

238-PLUTONIUM; ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ALPHA-PARTICLE RADIATION; ALPHA-PARTICLES; BYSTANDER EFFECTS; CELL NUCLEUS; CULTURED CELL; DOSE RATE; ENERGY PEAKS; ENERGY SPECTRA; EXPOSURE TIME; FLUENCES; HUMAN CELLS; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PARTICLE ENERGY; PARTICLE FLUENCE; RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY; SOURCE AREA; STAINLESS STEEL TUBE;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANES; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; ENERGY TRANSFER; HELIUM; IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION PROTECTION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPY; STAINLESS STEEL; TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

HELIUM; PLUTONIUM 238; SILICON; STAINLESS STEEL;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRRADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

ALPHA PARTICLES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 69549088748     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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