Application of the LPL model to mixed radiations

摘要

The LPL (Lethal, Potentially Lethal) formulation was used to analyze sets of cell survival data from mixes of (1) alpha particles and X rays and (2) neon ions and X rays. The hypothesis tested was whether survival after mixed radiation could be predicted by simply adding the total number of lethal and potentially lethal lesions from each radiation in the theoretical survival expression. Results show that all data appear to conform satisfactorily to the LPL hypothesis except for the mixed neon-ion and X-ray results with a large dose of X rays (8 Gy) given first. 8 refs., 6 figs., 1 tab.