PMID: 2492379Jan 1, 1989Paper

Effect of different stopping volumes of clinical pion beams at TRIUMF on the mouse small intestine

Radiation Research
T SaitoL D Skarsgard

Abstract

The survival of mouse jejunal crypt cells was measured using a microcolony assay following irradiation with one of three different pion stopping volumes. All treatments were done using the beam spot scanning system developed for clinical therapy at TRIUMF. Treatment volumes were Small, 10 ml of volume using 4 beam spots with a narrow stopping peak; Moderate, 40 ml of volume using 4 beam spots with an extended peak; Large, 1.2 liters of volume using 37 spots with an extended peak. The dose rate fluctuated considerably during treatment because of the scanning procedure. The relative biological effectiveness (RBE) values of pions were 1.11, 1.04, and 1.16 for the small, moderate, and large volumes, respectively. As the width of the stopping peak increased, from the narrow 4-cm peak of the small volume to the 12-cm peak of the moderate volume, the effectiveness of the pion beam decreased. This presumably reflects the low linear energy transfer contribution of the large number of passing pions in the wider stopping peak. The results indicate, however, a greater biological effectiveness for the large volume than for the moderate volume. Even though these fields had stopping peaks of similar width, the field size and dose rate were di...Continue Reading

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