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Published in final edited form as: Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2014 Dec;14(12):1411–1418. doi: 10.1586/14737140.2014.978293

Table 1.

Specifications of the first prototype CNT-based MRT system.

Parameters	CNT-based MRT
Number of CNT source arrays	1
Anode voltage	160 kV
Tube current	30 mA
Focal track width	131 μm
Average entrance dose rate^†	1.2 Gy/min
Entrance microbeam width^†	280 μm
Entrance PVDR^†	17 (beam separation 900 μm)
On-board imager	Micro-CT
Physiological gating capability	Yes

^†

Measured at 124 mm from the focal track on the anode.

CNT: Carbon nanotube; MRT: Microbeam radiation therapy; PVDR; Peak-to-valley-dose-ratio.