Use of the Clinac 35 for tissue activation in noninvasive measurement of capillary blood flow

Gilbert H. Nussbaum; James A. Purdy; Conrad O. Granda; Bahman Emami; Stephen A. Sapareto

doi:10.1118/1.595395

Use of the Clinac 35 for tissue activation in noninvasive measurement of capillary blood flow

Gilbert H. Nussbaum, James A. Purdy, Conrad O. Granda, Bahman Emami, Stephen A. Sapareto

Department of Radiation Oncology

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Abstract

Through adjustment of operating parameters responsible for the acceleration, steering, and focusing of electrons en route to the target, we have extracted a 30 MV x ray beam from the Clinac 35 linear accelerator that is suitable for use in photon activation ⁻¹⁵O decay studies of tissue perfusion. This beam is significantly more efficient than the “standard” 25 MV beam in producing ¹⁵O in situ through activation of tissue oxygen, thereby substantially reducing the dose to tissue required to yield a desired initial ¹⁵O activity. Production and characteristics of the higher energy beam are discussed, and data obtained from its application to measurement of capillary blood flow in animal tumors are presented and analyzed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	487-490
Number of pages	4
Journal	Medical physics
Volume	10
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1118/1.595395
State	Published - Jul 1983

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animals
beam production
blood
electron beams
fluid flow
focusing
linear accelerators
neoplasms
operation
oxygen 15

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