Quantifying the flash effect and its dependence on average dose rate in vivo for 6 MeV electron and 6 MV photon beams.
Paillas S., Taylor ERJF., Lövgren N., Tullis IDC., Petersson K.
This study shows that an increase in average dose rate delays the onset, and reduces the severity, of radiation induced skin toxicity in mice following hemi-thorax irradiation. The FLASH sparing effect's magnitude and dependence on dose rate appear similar following irradiations using 6 MV photon and 6 MeV electron beams.