The question of relative biological effectiveness and quality factor for Auger emitters incorporated into proliferating mammalian cells

RW Howell, DV Rao, DY Hou, VR Narra… - Radiation …, 1991 - meridian.allenpress.com
The problem of determining RBE values for Auger emitters incorporated into proliferating
mammalian cells is examined. In general, the reference radiation plays a key role in obtaining …

[PDF][PDF] Radiotoxicity of some iodine-123, iodine-125 and iodine-131-labeled compounds in mouse testes: implications for radiopharmaceutical design

VR Narra, RW Howell, RS Harapanhalli… - Journal of Nuclear …, 1992 - Soc Nuclear Med
Department ofRadiology, University ofMedicine &Dentistry ofNew Jersey, New Jersey
Medical School, New Jersey and Department ofPhysics andAstronomy, University …

Vitamin C as a radioprotector against iodine-131 in vivo.

VR Narra, RW Howell, KS Sastry… - Journal of nuclear …, 1993 - europepmc.org
The capacity of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) to mitigate radiation damage resulting from the
tissue-incorporated radionuclide 131I is examined. Spermatogenesis in mice is the …

Radiotoxicity of Gadolinium-148 and Radium-223 in Mouse Testes: Relative Biological Effectiveness of Alpha-Particle Emitters In Vivo

RW Howell, SM Goddu, VR Narra… - Radiation …, 1997 - meridian.allenpress.com
The biological effects of radionuclides that emit ? particles are of considerable interest in view
of their potential for therapy and their presence in the environment. The present work is a …

Relative biological effectiveness of alpha-particle emitters in vivo at low doses

RW Howell, MT Azure, VR Narra… - Radiation …, 1994 - meridian.allenpress.com
The therapeutic potential of radionuclides that emit α particles, as well as their associated
health hazards, have attracted considerable attention. The ${}^{224}{\rm Ra}$ daughters ${}^{…

Vitamins as radioprotectors in vivo II. Protection by vitamin A and soybean oil against radiation damage caused by internal radionuclides

RS Harapanhalli, VR Narra, V Yaghmai… - Radiation …, 1994 - meridian.allenpress.com
Tissue-incorporated radionuclides impart radiation energy over extended periods of time
depending on their effective half-lives. The capacity of vitamin A dissolved in soybean oil to …

Effects of a 1.5-Tesla static magnetic field on spermatogenesis and embryogenesis in mice

VR Narra, RW Howell, SM Goddu… - Investigative …, 1996 - journals.lww.com
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES There is a trend toward the use of higher magnetic field
strengths in magnetic resonance imaging procedures. Considering this trend and the lack of …

On the equivalent dose for Auger electron emitters

RW Howell, VR Narra, KSR Sastry… - Radiation …, 1993 - meridian.allenpress.com
Radionuclides that emit Auger electrons are widely used in nuclear medicine (eg, ${}^{99{\rm
m}}{\rm Tc},\ {}^{123}{\rm I},\ {}^{201}{\rm Tl}$ ) and biomedical research (eg, ${}^{51}{\rm Cr…

Vitamins as radioprotectors in vivo. I. Protection by vitamin C against internal radionuclides in mouse testes: implications to the mechanism of damage caused by the …

VR Narra, RS Harapanhalli, RW Howell… - Radiation …, 1994 - meridian.allenpress.com
The potential of vitamin C, an antioxidant, to protect the radiosensitive spermatogonial cells
in mouse testes against the effects of chronic irradiation by radionuclides incorporated into …

Cellular response to exponentially increasing and decreasing dose rates: implications for treatment planning in targeted radionuclide therapy

…, NW Colangelo, VR Narra… - Radiation …, 2017 - meridian.allenpress.com
The treatment of cancer using targeted radionuclide therapy is of interest to nuclear medicine
and radiation oncology because of its potential for killing tumor cells while minimizing dose-…