Sathiyaraj P, Jebaseelan Samuel E James
Department of Physics, Medical Dosimetry Laboratory, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT-University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Photonics, Nuclear and Medical Physics Division, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
J Cancer Res Ther. 2018 Apr-Jun;14(3):662-665. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.187295.
This study aimed at proving the ability of bismuth-nanoparticle (Bi-np) in dose enhancement effect (DEE) using the polymer gel dosimeter. Two different polymer gels, namely poly acrylamide gelatin tetrakis hydroxymethyl phosphonium chloride (PAGAT) and N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) gels were chosen for this study.
The gels were doped with Bi-np particle with various concentrations of 0.5 mM, 1 mM, and 2.5 mM and were then irradiated with a CO-60 gamma radiation source of energy 1.25 MeV. Gel samples were analyzed by spectrophotometer. The dose enhancement factor (DEF) was calculated for both gels for all concentrations of Bi-np particle.
The higher DEF for PAGAT and NIPAM was calculated as 1.3415 and 1.1823, respectively, for 0.5 mM concentration of Bi-np.
From our results, we infer that 0.5 mM is the optimal concentration in polymer gel to obtain good DEEs in the energy range of 1.25 MeV.
本研究旨在利用聚合物凝胶剂量计证明铋纳米颗粒(Bi-np)的剂量增强效应(DEE)能力。本研究选用了两种不同的聚合物凝胶,即聚丙烯酰胺明胶四羟甲基氯化鏻(PAGAT)和N-异丙基丙烯酰胺(NIPAM)凝胶。
将凝胶用浓度分别为0.5 mM、1 mM和2.5 mM的Bi-np颗粒进行掺杂,然后用能量为1.25 MeV的CO-60γ射线源进行照射。凝胶样品用分光光度计进行分析。计算了两种凝胶在所有Bi-np颗粒浓度下的剂量增强因子(DEF)。
对于浓度为0.5 mM的Bi-np,PAGAT和NIPAM的较高DEF分别计算为1.3415和1.1823。
根据我们的结果,我们推断0.5 mM是聚合物凝胶中的最佳浓度,以便在1.25 MeV的能量范围内获得良好的剂量增强效应。