Conveners
Wed-Mo-Pl4: Carbon-Ion Radio Therapy
- Ziad Melhem (Oxford Instruments)
- Mark Bird (FSU)
Iwata Yoshiyuki
(National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS))
30/08/2017, 08:45
D3 - Magnets for Other Medical and Biological Applications
Invited Plenary Oral Presentation
Cancer therapy using high-energy carbon beams from the Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC) has been carried out at NIRS since June 1994, and more than 10,000 patients were treated by now. With the prospective clinical results for the first ten years, we designed a compact accelerator facility for carbon-ion radiotherapy (CIRT), and performed related R&D works for widespread use of...
