This papcr modifies an analytical algorithm originally developed for electron dose calculations to evaluate the off-axis dose distribution of rectangle proton bcam. This spatial distribution could be described by Fermi-Eyges theory since a proton undergoes small-angle scattering when it passes through medium. Predictions of the algorithm for relative off-axis dose distribution by a 6 cm ＊ 6 cm initial monoenergetic proton beam are compared with the results from the published Monte Carlo simulations. The excellent level of agreement between the results of these two methods of dose calculation （〈 2%） demonstrates that the off-axis dose distribution from rectangle proton beam may be computed with high accuracy using this algorithm. The results also prompts the necessity to consider the off-axis distribution when the proton is applied to clinical radiotherapy since the penumbra is significant at the distal of its range （about 0.6 cm at the Bragg-peak depth）.
Human hepatoma and normal liver cells were irradiated with 12C6+ ion beams (LET = 96.05 keV/μm) and γ-rays at Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou (HIRFL). The chromatid breaks and break types were detected using the premature chromosome con- densation technique. Our experimental results showed that chromatid breaks seem to have a good relation with 12C6+ absorbed dose and 12C6+ are more effective to induce chromatid breaks as compared to the γ-rays. For 12C6+ ion irradiation the major break was isochromatid break, while chromatid breaks were dominant for γ-ray irradiation. We also observed that the Relative Biology Effectiveness (RBE) of 12C6+ ion is about 2.5 times higher than that of γ-rays.
YANG Jianshe1,2, LI Wenjian1, JIN Xiaodong1, JING Xigang1, GUO Chuanling1, WEI Wei1 & GAO Qingxiang3 1. Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
