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Table 1 Ions used at SNAKE

From: Live cell imaging at the Munich ion microbeam SNAKE – a status report

Initial ion energy

Ion energy at cell layer*

LET at cell layer

Dose per 1 ion traversal**

20 MeV p+

19.9 MeV

2.6 keV/μm

0.0022 Gy

55 MeV Carbon

42.9 MeV

368 keV/μm

0.30 Gy

100 MeV Oxygen

83.9 MeV

473 keV/μm

0.39 Gy

  1. *Ion energy in live cell imaging setup, where cells are covered by 20 μm medium, calculated with TRIM/SRIM.
  2. **Dose per nucleus was calculated assuming cylindrical nuclei of 200 μm2 area and 7 μm height.