The relative biological effectiveness of high-energy clinical 3 and 6 MV X-rays for micronucleus induction in human lymphocytes.

Tamizh Selvan G Karthik Kanagaraj Venkatachalam Perumal

Published in: International journal of radiation biology (2021)

The established dose-response curves obtained for PBL exposed to different energy levels of X-rays of 225 kVp, 3 MV, and 6 MV are ready to use for biological dosimetry purposes. The calculated RBE values for the higher energies of X-rays relative to 225 kVp X-rays in this study suggest that RBE of X-rays may not be equal to one, with the true value dependent on the beam energy, the dose and dose rate, and the endpoint investigated.

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endothelial cells
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