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For: Friedland W, Jacob P, Paretzke HG, Ottolenghi A, Ballarini F, Liotta M. Simulation of light ion induced DNA damage patterns. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2006;122:116-20. [PMID: 17166872 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Feng H, Li W, Zhang Y, Chang C, Hua L, Feng Y, Lai Y, Geng L. Mechanistic modelling of relative biological effectiveness of carbon ion beams and comparison with experiments. Phys Med Biol 2024;69:035020. [PMID: 38157549 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ad1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Mentana A, Lamartinière Y, Orsière T, Malard V, Payet M, Slomberg D, Guardamagna I, Lonati L, Grisolia C, Jha A, Lebaron-Jacobs L, Rose J, Ottolenghi A, Baiocco G. Tritiated Steel Micro-Particles: Computational Dosimetry and Prediction of Radiation-Induced DNA Damage for In Vitro Cell Culture Exposures. Radiat Res 2023;199:25-38. [PMID: 36442022 DOI: 10.1667/rade-22-00043.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Matsuya Y, Kai T, Parisi A, Yoshii Y, Sato T. Application of a simple DNA damage model developed for electrons to proton irradiation. Phys Med Biol 2022;67. [DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac9a20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The Chromatin Architectural Protein CTCF Is Critical for Cell Survival upon Irradiation-Induced DNA Damage. Int J Mol Sci 2022;23:ijms23073896. [PMID: 35409255 PMCID: PMC8999573 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23073896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Revised: 03/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]  Open
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Kundrát P, Friedland W, Becker J, Eidemüller M, Ottolenghi A, Baiocco G. Analytical formulas representing track-structure simulations on DNA damage induced by protons and light ions at radiotherapy-relevant energies. Sci Rep 2020;10:15775. [PMID: 32978459 PMCID: PMC7519066 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-72857-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]  Open
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Stewart RD, Carlson DJ, Butkus MP, Hawkins R, Friedrich T, Scholz M. A comparison of mechanism-inspired models for particle relative biological effectiveness (RBE). Med Phys 2018;45:e925-e952. [PMID: 30421808 DOI: 10.1002/mp.13207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2018] [Revised: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 09/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]  Open
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Colmenares R, Krupa K, Muñoz A, Blanco F, Williart A, García G. A process to describe radiation damage at the molecular level. Application to the 125I seeds in water. Appl Radiat Isot 2018;140:163-170. [PMID: 30015047 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2018.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2017] [Revised: 05/29/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Manganaro L, Russo G, Bourhaleb F, Fausti F, Giordanengo S, Monaco V, Sacchi R, Vignati A, Cirio R, Attili A. 'Survival': a simulation toolkit introducing a modular approach for radiobiological evaluations in ion beam therapy. Phys Med Biol 2018. [PMID: 29537391 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aab697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Jezkova L, Zadneprianetc M, Kulikova E, Smirnova E, Bulanova T, Depes D, Falkova I, Boreyko A, Krasavin E, Davidkova M, Kozubek S, Valentova O, Falk M. Particles with similar LET values generate DNA breaks of different complexity and reparability: a high-resolution microscopy analysis of γH2AX/53BP1 foci. NANOSCALE 2018;10:1162-1179. [PMID: 29271466 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr06829h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Friedland W, Schmitt E, Kundrát P, Dingfelder M, Baiocco G, Barbieri S, Ottolenghi A. Comprehensive track-structure based evaluation of DNA damage by light ions from radiotherapy-relevant energies down to stopping. Sci Rep 2017;7:45161. [PMID: 28345622 PMCID: PMC5366876 DOI: 10.1038/srep45161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]  Open
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Baiocco G, Barbieri S, Babini G, Morini J, Alloni D, Friedland W, Kundrát P, Schmitt E, Puchalska M, Sihver L, Ottolenghi A. The origin of neutron biological effectiveness as a function of energy. Sci Rep 2016;6:34033. [PMID: 27654349 PMCID: PMC5032018 DOI: 10.1038/srep34033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2016] [Accepted: 09/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]  Open
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Alloni D, Baiocco G, Babini G, Friedland W, Kundrát P, Mariotti L, Ottolenghi A. Energy dependence of the complexity of DNA damage induced by carbon ions. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2015;166:86-90. [PMID: 25958411 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncv292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Friedland W, Kundrát P, Schmitt E. Modelling proton bunches focussed to submicrometre scales: low-LET radiation damage in high-LET-like spatial structure. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2015;166:34-37. [PMID: 25883304 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncv146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Carante MP, Altieri S, Bortolussi S, Postuma I, Protti N, Ballarini F. Modeling radiation-induced cell death: role of different levels of DNA damage clustering. RADIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOPHYSICS 2015;54:305-316. [PMID: 25956821 DOI: 10.1007/s00411-015-0601-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2015] [Accepted: 04/28/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Huang YW, Pan CY, Hsiao YY, Chao TC, Lee CC, Tung CJ. Monte Carlo simulations of the relative biological effectiveness for DNA double strand breaks from 300 MeV u(-1) carbon-ion beams. Phys Med Biol 2015;60:5995-6012. [PMID: 26183156 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/60/15/5995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Tommasino F, Friedrich T, Jakob B, Meyer B, Durante M, Scholz M. Induction and Processing of the Radiation-Induced Gamma-H2AX Signal and Its Link to the Underlying Pattern of DSB: A Combined Experimental and Modelling Study. PLoS One 2015;10:e0129416. [PMID: 26067661 PMCID: PMC4465900 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2014] [Accepted: 05/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]  Open
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Hsiao YY, Hung TH, Tu SJ, Tung CJ. Fast Monte Carlo simulation of DNA damage induction by Auger-electron emission. Int J Radiat Biol 2014;90:392-400. [DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2014.892649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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A model of photon cell killing based on the spatio-temporal clustering of DNA damage in higher order chromatin structures. PLoS One 2014;9:e83923. [PMID: 24392100 PMCID: PMC3879277 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2013] [Accepted: 11/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]  Open
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Tommasino F, Friedrich T, Scholz U, Taucher-Scholz G, Durante M, Scholz M. A DNA Double-Strand Break Kinetic Rejoining Model Based on the Local Effect Model. Radiat Res 2013;180:524-38. [DOI: 10.1667/rr13389.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Taleei R, Nikjoo H. Biochemical DSB-repair model for mammalian cells in G1 and early S phases of the cell cycle. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2013;756:206-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2013.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2013] [Accepted: 06/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Alloni D, Campa A, Friedland W, Mariotti L, Ottolenghi A. Integration of Monte Carlo simulations with PFGE experimental data yields constant RBE of 2.3 for DNA double-strand break induction by nitrogen ions between 125 and 225 keV/μm LET. Radiat Res 2013;179:690-7. [PMID: 23647004 DOI: 10.1667/r3043.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Single Ionization of Liquid Water by Protons, Alpha Particles, and Carbon Nuclei: Comparative Analysis of the Continuum Distorted Wave Methodologies and Empirical Models. ADVANCES IN QUANTUM CHEMISTRY 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-396455-7.00008-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Sato T, Furusawa Y. Cell Survival Fraction Estimation Based on the Probability Densities of Domain and Cell Nucleus Specific Energies Using Improved Microdosimetric Kinetic Models. Radiat Res 2012;178:341-56. [DOI: 10.1667/rr2842.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Champion C, Galassi ME, Weck PF, Fojón O, Hanssen J, Rivarola RD. Quantum-Mechanical Contributions to Numerical Simulations of Charged Particle Transport at the DNA Scale. RADIATION DAMAGE IN BIOMOLECULAR SYSTEMS 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2564-5_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Alloni D, Campa A, Friedland W, Mariotti L, Ottolenghi A. Track structure, radiation quality and initial radiobiological events: considerations based on the PARTRAC code experience. Int J Radiat Biol 2011;88:77-86. [PMID: 21957961 DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2011.627976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Bernal MA, deAlmeida CE, David M, Pires E. Estimation of the RBE of mammography-quality beams using a combination of a Monte Carlo code with a B-DNA geometrical model. Phys Med Biol 2011;56:7393-403. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/23/004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Friedrich T, Scholz U, Elsässer T, Durante M, Scholz M. Calculation of the biological effects of ion beams based on the microscopic spatial damage distribution pattern. Int J Radiat Biol 2011;88:103-7. [PMID: 21823820 DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2011.611213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Bernal MA, deAlmeida CE, Sampaio C, Incerti S, Champion C, Nieminen P. The invariance of the total direct DNA strand break yield. Med Phys 2011;38:4147-53. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3597568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]  Open
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Spotheim-Maurizot M, Davídková M. Radiation damage to DNA in DNA-protein complexes. Mutat Res 2011;711:41-8. [PMID: 21329707 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2011.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2010] [Revised: 01/30/2011] [Accepted: 02/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Watanabe R, Wada S, Funayama T, Kobayashi Y, Saito K, Furusawa Y. Monte Carlo simulation of radial distribution of DNA strand breaks along the C and Ne ion paths. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2011;143:186-190. [PMID: 21224261 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Alloni D, Campa A, Belli M, Esposito G, Mariotti L, Liotta M, Friedland W, Paretzke H, Ottolenghi A. Monte Carlo evaluation of DNA fragmentation spectra induced by different radiation qualities. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2011;143:226-231. [PMID: 21084331 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Friedland W, Dingfelder M, Kundrát P, Jacob P. Track structures, DNA targets and radiation effects in the biophysical Monte Carlo simulation code PARTRAC. Mutat Res 2011;711:28-40. [PMID: 21281649 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2011.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 246] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2010] [Revised: 01/18/2011] [Accepted: 01/22/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Toburen LH, McLawhorn SL, McLawhorn RA, Carnes KD, Dingfelder M, Shinpaugh JL. Electron emission from amorphous solid water induced by passage of energetic protons and fluorine ions. Radiat Res 2010;174:107-18. [PMID: 20681805 PMCID: PMC3835720 DOI: 10.1667/rr1984a.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Alloni D, Campa A, Belli M, Esposito G, Facoetti A, Friedland W, Liotta M, Mariotti L, Paretzke HG, Ottolenghi A. A Monte Carlo Study of the Radiation Quality Dependence of DNA Fragmentation Spectra. Radiat Res 2010;173:263-71. [DOI: 10.1667/rr1957.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Kreipl MS, Friedland W, Paretzke HG. Interaction of ion tracks in spatial and temporal proximity. RADIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOPHYSICS 2009;48:349-359. [PMID: 19597739 DOI: 10.1007/s00411-009-0234-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2008] [Accepted: 06/06/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Campa A, Alloni D, Antonelli F, Ballarini F, Belli M, Dini V, Esposito G, Facoetti A, Friedland W, Furusawa Y, Liotta M, Ottolenghi A, Paretzke HG, Simone G, Sorrentino E, Tabocchini MA. DNA Fragmentation Induced in Human Fibroblasts by56Fe Ions: Experimental Data and Monte Carlo Simulations. Radiat Res 2009;171:438-45. [DOI: 10.1667/rr1442.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Kreipl MS, Friedland W, Paretzke HG. Time- and space-resolved Monte Carlo study of water radiolysis for photon, electron and ion irradiation. RADIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOPHYSICS 2009;48:11-20. [PMID: 18949480 DOI: 10.1007/s00411-008-0194-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2008] [Accepted: 09/06/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Kundrát P. Detailed probabilistic modelling of cell inactivation by ionizing radiations of different qualities: the model and its applications. Appl Radiat Isot 2008;67:399-401. [PMID: 18684633 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Davídková M, Kundrát P, Stepán V, Palajová Z, Judas L. Lethal events in V79 cells irradiated by low-energy protons and correlations with distribution patterns of energy deposition, radical concentration and DNA damage. Appl Radiat Isot 2008;67:454-9. [PMID: 18678503 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.06.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Elsässer T, Brons S, Psonka K, Scholz M, Gudowska-Nowak E, Taucher-Scholz G. Biophysical Modeling of Fragment Length Distributions of DNA Plasmids after X and Heavy-Ion Irradiation Analyzed by Atomic Force Microscopy. Radiat Res 2008;169:649-59. [PMID: 18494540 DOI: 10.1667/rr1028.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2007] [Accepted: 02/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Friedland W, Paretzke HG, Ballarini F, Ottolenghi A, Kreth G, Cremer C. First steps towards systems radiation biology studies concerned with DNA and chromosome structure within living cells. RADIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOPHYSICS 2008;47:49-61. [PMID: 18193257 DOI: 10.1007/s00411-007-0152-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2007] [Accepted: 12/10/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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