单粒子束精确定位照射装置在CR-39膜上刻蚀中国地图边界研究

采用自编写的图像处理程序把中国地图处理成为边界点阵图，并根据点阵图每点的坐标位置，利用中国第1台单粒子束精确定位照射装置提供的单质子束在CR-39膜上几百μm×几百μm的范围内辐照并刻蚀出中国地图边界. 研究表明，该单粒子束精确定位照射装置计数准确(98%)，定位精确(平均误差小于3 μm)，辐照路径算法选择合理(近邻法)，预测值和实测值吻合程度高，可以满足刻蚀CR-39膜微图像和生物细胞辐照实验的要求.     

In Vivo Magnetic Particle Targeting by Local Gradient Field of Interstitial Seeds Magnetized in an Ex Vivo Uniform Field

The possibility of in vivo magnetic particle targeting by the locally induced gradient field of interstitial ferro- magnetic implants, magnetized in an ex vivo uniform field, is evaluated by a modelling analysis. A simplified 3D model analogous to a torso size, with a continuous laminar flow through the volume with the typical velocity and viscosity values of in vivo blood flow and a ferromagnetic seed inserted in the volume center vertical to the flow, is used to evaluate the magnetic particle capturing efficiency by the seed, which is magnetized in a uniform field. The initial modelling results indicate that for 1-10μm iron oxide particles transporting with a blood flow of 0.5-5 mm/s, the seeds of tungsten steel, magnet steel and cast cobalt all present an effective particle capturing efficiency, which shows a fast initial increase and a slow saturation with the increasing magnetic field, a quasilinear increase with the increasing particle size, and a nonlinear decrease with the increasing blood velocity.     

CAS-LIBB单粒子微束装置的微束入射点位置确定和系统定位精度研究

中国科学院离子束生物工程学重点实验室建成了一台单离子微束装置(CAS-LIBB)。CAS-LIBB装置由一台van de Graaff 静电加速器产生能量在2.0-3.0 MeV 的离子。该微束系统主要用于实施对生长在一种薄塑料膜上的细胞核的指定位置投射预定个数离子的技术。系统采用安装在束流末端的石英毛细玻璃管作为瞄准器来实现束流的微化并截取微束。细胞辐射实验中对细胞的识别和定位由一套计算机集成控制程序来完成。本文将从对微束的捕捉和定位（确定离子出口的准确位置），以及该微束系统的定位精度测量方面进行研究和讨论。当采用内径为5 μm,长度为980 μm的毛细管作瞄准器时，系统的定位精度为：91％的实验对象定位在距离预定位置2.4μm的范围内，98％的实验对象定位在距离预定位置3.6μm的范围内。     

Quantitative Single-Ion Irradiation by ASIPP Microbeam

A single-ion microbeam facility has been constructed by the microbeam research group in ASIPP (Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science). The system was designed to deliver defined numbers of hydrogen ions produced by a van de Graaff accelerator, covering an energy range from 200 keV to 3 MeV, into living cells (5μm-20μm diameter) growing in culture on thin plastic films. The beam is collimated by a 1-μm inner diameter HPLC (high performance liquid chromatograph) capillary, which forms the micron-dimensional beam-line exit. A microbeam collimator, a scintillation ion counting system and a fast beam shutter, which constitute a precise dosage measuring and controlling system, jointly perform quantitative single-ion irradiation. With this facility, we can presently acquire ion-hitting efficiency close to 95%.     

Microdosimetric Evaluation on the Metallic Nanoparticle-Mediated Dose Enhancement in Radiotherapeutic Proton Irradiation

Monte Carlo simulations are performed on the dosimetric effect of metallic nanoparticles in a clinical proton irradiation.With an in-water hitting model of a single nanoparticle,the secondar.y electrons dose,deposited around the particle surface,is calculated for the proton irradiations in a typical spread-out Bragg peak.The dose enhancement,as the ratio of electron doses from the target particle and background water,is evaluated for the dependence on the depth of hitting,particle size,elements,coating material and thickness.The results indicate a significant dose enhancement on the particle surface within-200 nm,but a fast decay in further distance.The dose enhancement presents a consistency along the spread-out Bragg peak,a positive dependence on both the particle size and electron density,but a strong attenuation by surface coating.Particle cluster may increase the incdividual dose enhajncement by electron crossfire,but is only noticeable in a compact case.The dose enhancement potentiates a radiosensitization use of metallic nanoparticles in clinical proton therapy,but challenqging meanwhile with the narrow ranqge of enhancement effect.     

毛细管准直微束过程模拟与微束品质分析

利用GEANT4程序对复旦大学单粒子微束的毛细管准直过程进行了蒙特卡罗模拟。计算结果表明:当前采用的1 m孔径、1 mm长度的毛细玻璃管准直器能够引出峰值能量2.2 MeV、能量分辨130 keV、束径2.4 m的质子微束,可达到装置对微束能量与束径分辨的设计指标,从理论上明确了毛细管准直微束引出的可行性。针对影响入射目标细胞微束品质的主要因素,分析了微束品质与准直系统和入射束流各状态参数的依赖关系,为毛细管准直微束的引出与优化提供了必要的理论依据。     

单粒子束细胞定位照射装置中微图像处理系统的设计

为了适应细胞辐射生物学基础研究的需要 ,按照生物实验的要求和装置的物理指标设计了实验室单粒子束装置的微图像处理系统。设计中遵循了科学性和经济性的原则 ,结构紧凑 ,性能稳定。结果表明 ,该系统达到了预期指标 ,解决了单粒子束装置精确定位辐射的这一关键技术 ,为细胞核的辐射实验提供了有力的工具     

Polydispersity effects on the magnetization of diluted ferrofluids: a lognormal analysis

Based on a lognormal particle size distribution, this paper makes a model analysis on the polydispersity effects on the magnetization behaviour of diluted ferrofluids. Using a modified Langevin relationship for the lognormal dispersion, it first performs reduced calculations without material parameters. From the results, it is extrapolated that for the ferrofluid of lognormal polydispersion, in comparison with the corresponding monodispersion, the saturation magnetization is enhanced higher by the particle size distribution. It also indicates that in an equivalent magnetic field, the lognormally polydispersed ferrofluid is magnetically saturated faster than the corresponding monodispersion. Along the theoretical extrapolations, the polydispersity effects are evaluated for a typical ferrofluid of magnetite, with a dispersity of σ =0.20. The results indicate that the lognormal polydispersity leads to a slight increase of the saturation magnetization, but a noticeable increase of the speed to reach the saturation value in an equivalent magnetic field.     

Accuracy Measurements of the CAS-LIBB Single-Particle Microbeam for Single Cell Irradiation

A single-particle microbeam facility has been constructed at the Laboratory of Ion Beam Bioengineering (LIBB),Chinese Academy of Sciences. The system is designed to deliver the defined number of hydrogen ions, covering a range of energy from 1.0 to 3.5 MeV, into an area smaller than the nuclei of individual living cells. Accuracy of the particle detection system and the cell targeting system in the facility has been assessed using CR39 (nuclear track detector) for 2.3 MeV protons. The results demonstrate that the particle detection efficiency is above 98%,and the overall targeting accuracy of the microbeam is limited within 3μm for more than 90% hits.