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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 46, Issue 11, 110201(2023)

Design of an ultra-high dose rate cell irradiation experimental platform using a medical proton linear injector

Junya LIU^1,2, Xiao YU³, Chao WU⁴, Xiangshang SUN⁵, Haijiao SHANG⁶, Wentao LIAO^1,2, Nan YAN^1,2, Yun ZHOU^1,2, and Yuehu PU^4、*

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¹Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

²University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³SemicoreZKX Co. Ltd., Beijing 101111, China

⁴Medical Equipment Innovation Research Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China

⁵Department of Radiation Physics and Technology, Hunan Cancer Hospital, Changsha 410013, China

⁶RaySearch China, Shanghai 200120, China

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Junya LIU, Xiao YU, Chao WU, Xiangshang SUN, Haijiao SHANG, Wentao LIAO, Nan YAN, Yun ZHOU, Yuehu PU. Design of an ultra-high dose rate cell irradiation experimental platform using a medical proton linear injector[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2023, 46(11): 110201

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Apr. 2, 2023

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Published Online: Dec. 23, 2023

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DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2023.hjs.46.110201

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