Takata Takushi, Kondo Natsuko, Sakurai Yoshinori, Tanaka Hiroki, Hasegawa Takashi, Kume Kyo, Suzuki Minoru
Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, 2 Asashiro-nishi, Kumatori-cho, Sennan-gun, Osaka 590-0494, Japan; The Wakasa Wan Energy Research Center, 64-52-1 Nagatani, Tsuruga-shi, Fukui 914-0192, Japan.
Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, 2 Asashiro-nishi, Kumatori-cho, Sennan-gun, Osaka 590-0494, Japan.
Appl Radiat Isot. 2015 Dec;106:104-6. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.10.008. Epub 2015 Oct 27.
Localized dose delivery techniques to establish a brain radiation necrosis model are described. An irradiation field was designed by using accelerated protons or helium ions with a spread-out Bragg peak. Measurement of the designed field confirmed that a high dose can be confined to a local volume of an animal brain. The irradiation techniques described here are very useful for establishing a necrosis model without existence of extraneous complications.