Re: Irradiation of mouse thymus

[Bob Wilson <bmwils2@pop.uky.edu>]

Ron,

Check on the nearby availability of a Gamma Knife or other pencil beam
facilities.  Such medical facilities, however, may or may not want to do
animal work.

Bob

At 03:39 PM 12/1/99 -0600, you wrote:
>We have a researcher here at the university that would like to
>specifically irradiate the thymus of a mouse using the Cesium-137
>irradiator. He asked our office how he could go about doing this. The
>use of the collimator will not be possible (at least I don't think so)
>and he wants to wrap the anesthetized mouse with lead foil and have a
>small opening exposing the area of the thymus. My initial response was
>that the lead foil would not adequately shield the rest of the mouse. He
>wants to irradiate with a dose of 7 Gray which would be about 10 minutes
>of exposure time.  If anyone has any experience or suggestions that our
>office could pass onto this researcher, we would be most appreciative.
>Please respond to the e-mail address below. Thanks!
>
>Ron Larson
>USF Asst. Radiation Control Officer
>3500 E. Fletcher Avenue
>Suite 523
>Tampa, FL  33613
>Office: 813-974-7656
>Fax: 813-974-5938
>E-Mail: rlarson@research.usf.edu
>
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