Published February 1998 | Version v1
Journal article

Extending bragg peak of heavy ion beam and melanoma cell inactivation measurement

  • 1. Academia Sinica, Lanzhou (China). Inst. of Modern Physics

Description

A rotating range modulator was designed and manufactured, which is applied to extend Bragg peak of heavy ion beam. Bragg curves of 75 MeV/u 16O and 75 MeV/u 12C ion beams through this range modulator were measured respectively and two evident spread-out Bragg peaks corresponding to the modulated beams above are shown. In addition, inactivation effect of the modulated 75 MeV/u 16O ion beam at nine different penetration depths on melanoma cells (B16) was measured. Results indicate that lethal effects at the spread-out Bragg peak region are larger than at the plateau of the particle beam entrance

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Science and Techniques
Journal Volume
9
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 8-10.
ISSN
1001-8042
CODEN
NSETEC