A branching process model for the analysis of abortive colony size distributions in carbon ion-irradiated normal human fibroblasts

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 423-431

  Sakashita, Tetsuya ^a   Hamada, Nobuyuki ^b   Kawaguchi, Isao ^c   Hara, Takamitsu ^d   Kobayashi, Yasuhiko ^a   Saito, Kimiaki ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branch dynamics; delayed reproductive cell death; ionizing radiation; non targeted effect

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; CARBON; CELL CULTURE; DNA; ENERGY TRANSFER; FIBROBLASTS; GAMMA RAYS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; ION BOMBARDMENT; IONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BRANCH DYNAMIC; BRANCHING PROCESS MODEL; CARBON IONS; COLONY SIZE; DELAYED REPRODUCTIVE CELL DEATH; IONIZING RADIATION; NON-TARGETED; NON-TARGETED EFFECT; NORMAL HUMAN FIBROBLAST; SIZE-DISTRIBUTION;

CELL DEATH;

CARBON; HEAVY ION;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBROBLASTS; HEAVY IONS; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 84900852434     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrt129     Document Type: Article

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