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Combined hit theory-microdosimetric explanation of cellular radiobiological action [electronic resource].

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Upton, N.Y. : Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1983.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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Pages: 23 : digital, PDF file
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Brookhaven National Laboratory and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
Hit theory is combined with microdosimetry in a stochastic approach that explains the observed responses of cell populations exposed in radiation fields of different qualities. The central thesis is that to expose a population of cells in a low-level radiation field is to subject the cells to the potential for interaction with charged particles in the vicinity of the cells, quantifiable in terms of the charged particle fluence theta. When such an interaction occurs there is a resulting stochastic transfer of energy to a critical volume (CV) of cross section sigma, within the cell(s). The severity of cell injury is dependent on the amount of energy thus imparted, or the hit size. If the severity is above some minimal level, there is a non-zero probability that the injury will result in a quantal effect (e.g., a mutational or carcinogenic initial event, cell transformation). A microdosimetric proportional counter, viewed here as a phantom cell CV that permits measurements not possible in the living cell, is used to determine the incidence of hit cells and the spectrum of hit sizes. Each hit is then weighted on the basis of an empirically-determined function that provides the fraction of cells responding quantally, as a function of hit size. The sum of the hits so weighted provides the incidence of quantally-responding cells, for any amount of exposure theta in a radiation field of any quality or mixture qualities. The hit size weighting function for pink mutations in Tradescantia is discussed, as are its implications in terms of a replacement for RBE and dose equivalent. 14 references, 9 figures.
Report Numbers
E 1.99:bnl-33788
E 1.99: iaea-sm-266/63
E 1.99: conf-830450-3
conf-830450-3
iaea-sm-266/63
bnl-33788
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Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1983.
"bnl-33788"
" iaea-sm-266/63"
" conf-830450-3"
"DE84001693"
IAEA/WHO symposium on biological effects of low level radiation, Venice, Italy, 11 Apr 1983.
Varma, M.N.; Bond, V.P.
Funding Information
AC02-76CH00016
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