Irradiation Services & Equipment

Services & Resources

Cs-137 irradiator

cultured mammalian cells
establishment of feeder layers
patient tumor cells (clinical trials for tumor vaccine)
induction of DNA strand breaks
cell survival studies
whole animal immunosuppression studies
biomaterial sterilization

Clinical Irradiations (including future Proton irradiator):

normal tissue radiation tolerance and pathophysiology studies
spontaneous animal tumor studies
rodent tumor therapy studies
radiation physics /development studies (including phantoms studies)

Facilities

The Resource currently operates a research dedicated experimental Cs137 irradiator and has dedicated research access to several clinical irradiators including; orthovoltage radiation, 6-18 MeV electron /gamma radiation, steriotactic RT and high dose rate brachytherapy. The 6-18 MeV linear accelerators, Iridium (HDR) after-loader and treatment planning are housed on Level 2 of the Rubin and Borwell Research Buildings at DHMC.

Equipment

JL Shepherd Cesium (gamma) Irradiator
Pantak DXT 300 (multiple energy, 300 KV / orthovoltage x-irradiator)
6-18 MeV Linear Accelerators (photons and electrons)
Ir-192 High Dose Rate After-Loader (HDR)
ADAC Pinnacle Radiation Treatment Planning System
Proton Irradiation Facility (under contract to be installed)

Charges

Charges for cell /animal irradiation (Cs irradiator): $18/15 min exposure.
Other charges are determined according to individual need and instrument availability.