A compact biological cell irradiation system with a Van de Graaff accelerator

I. C. Cho; H. Niu; C. H. Chen; W. T. Chou; Y. C. Yu; C. H. Hsu

doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2013.03.042

A compact biological cell irradiation system with a Van de Graaff accelerator

I. C. Cho, H. Niu^*, C. H. Chen, W. T. Chou, Y. C. Yu, C. H. Hsu

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This report describes the development of a compact microcell irradiation system in the 3 MV KN Van de Graaff accelerator in the Accelerator Laboratory of National Tsing Hua University (NTHU). The main feature of this system is backscattering, a technique whereby a 100 nm gold scattering foil is placed in the center of a scattering chamber, instead of a 90° bending magnet. The incident particles produced by the accelerator bombard the scattering foil and scatter isotropically. A set of micro pinholes was installed above the scattering foil and directed the 90° scattering particles to irradiate the cell target. This innovation simplifies the system design and massively reduces the cost and space requirements for system construction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	360-363
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume	315
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2013.03.042
State	Published - 15 11 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Accelerator
Ion beam applications
Biological effect of radiation

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