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ArticleThe Review of scientific instruments2008

A nanotube based electron microbeam cellular irradiator for radiobiology research.

David E Bordelon, Jian Zhang, Sarah Graboski, Adrienne Cox, Eric Schreiber, Otto Z Zhou, Sha Chang

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Article in The Review of scientific instruments, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

David E BordelonCurriculum in Applied and Materials Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
Jian Zhang
Sarah Graboski
Adrienne Cox
Eric Schreiber
Otto Z Zhou
Sha Chang

Funding

Carbon Nanotube Field Emission Microbeam Array for Single Cell IrradiationR21CA118351 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI CHANG, SHA X · 2006 to 2007
$295k
NCI NIH HHS 1R21CA118351-01NCI NIH HHS R21 CA118351
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A prototype cellular irradiator utilizing a carbon nanotube (CNT) based field emission electron source has been developed for microscopic image-guided cellular region irradiation. The CNT cellular irradiation system has shown great potential to be a high temporal and spatial resolution research tool to enable researchers to gain a better understanding of the intricate cellular and intercellular microprocesses occurring following radiation deposition, which is essential to improving radiotherapy cancer treatment outcomes. In this paper, initial results of the system development are reported. The relationship between field emission current, the dose rate, and the dose distribution has been investigated. A beam size of 23 mum has been achieved with variable dose rates of 1-100 Gy/s, and the system dosimetry has been measured using a radiochromic film. Cell irradiation has been demonstrated by the visualization of H2AX phosphorylation at DNA double-strand break sites following irradiation in a rat fibroblast cell monolayer. The prototype single beam cellular irradiator is a preliminary step to a multipixel cell irradiator that is under development.

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AnimalsCalibrationElectronsEquipment DesignFibroblastsFilm DosimetryHistonesHumansNanotubes, CarbonNeoplasmsPhosphorylationRadiobiologyRadiotherapyRatsTreatment OutcomeH2AX protein, humanHistonesNanotubes, Carbon

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PMID19123587
PMCPMC2678784

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