A model is presented for irradiation of a cellular monolayer by electrons that emerge from a small hole in a mask that covers an electron beam with energy in the 25 to 100keV range. Results suggest that cells with a diameter of about 30 mm can be targeted for single-cell irradiation with mean energy deposition in all neighbors not exceeding about 20% of that imparted to the cell centered over the mask hole.
Revised: May 28, 2002 |
Published: September 26, 2000
Citation
Miller J.H., M.S. Resat, N.F. Metting, K. Wei, D.J. Lynch, and W.E. Wilson. 2000.Monte Carlo Simulation of Single Cell Irradiation by an Electron Microbeam.Radiation and Environmental Biophysics 39, no. 3:173-177.PNNL-SA-32780.