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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 12.
Published in final edited form as: Radiat Res. 2022 Aug 1;198(2):181–189. doi: 10.1667/RADE-21-00232.1

TABLE 1.

In Vivo Oxygen Depletion Results Summary

Dose rate Tissue type Initial pO2 (mmHg) pO2 depleted (mmHg) G value (mmHg) Recovery time (s) Recovery rate (mmHg) Number of mice
FLASH
Normal
 Male 32.78 ± 2.34 8.71 ± 0.18 0.29 ± 0.01 9.90 ± 0.51 0.89 ± 0.05 n = 4
 Female 26.94 ± 1.27 8.19 ± 0.43 0.27 ± 0.01 5.15 ± 0.30 1.59 ± 0.04 n = 3
 Combined 30.27 ± 1.79 8.50 ± 0.22 0.28 ± 0.01 7.86 ± 1.00 1.19 ± 0.15 n = 7
Tumor
 Male 16.06 ± 2.74 3.49 ± 0.54 0.12 ± 0.02 26.00 ± 4.93 0.15 ± 0.03 n = 5
 Male laser diode 16.13 ± 5.46 3.85 ± 1.12 0.13 ± 0.04 30.25 ± 5.11 0.13 ± 0.03 n = 4
Conventional
Normal muscle
 Male 37.7 −0.83* −0.03* NA NA n = 1
 Female 32.92 ± 2.64 0.88 ± 0.19 0.03 ± 0.01 NA NA n = 3
 Combined 34.11 ± 2.21 0.46 ± 0.44 0.02 ± 0.01 NA NA n = 4
Tumor
 Male 8.87 ± 1.06 −0.78 ± 0.07* −0.03 ± 0.00* NA NA n = 3
FLASH 60 Gy
Normal muscle
 Male 8.87 ± 7.27 13.50 ± 1.67 0.22 ± 0.03 8.10 ± 0.62 1.71 ± 0.31 n = 3

Note. Gender specific and aggregate data sets for normal and tumor tissue irradiated at both FLASH and Conv dose rates. Data shown is mean ± SEM.

*

Negative values denote an increase in pO2 during irradiation.