Published 1999
| Version v1
Book
The medical accelerator HIMAC and the charged particle therapy in Japan
Creators
- 1. National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Inage, Chiba (Japan)
Description
In recent years, the clinical trial of the charged particle therapy has been carried out in Japan. Several new high-energy accelerators are dedicated for this medical request. The heavy ion medical accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC) at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) is one of these accelerators, and has been realizing the heavy-ion cancer treatment for five years by the irradiation of the relativistic carbon beam. Over 600 patients have been treated and the preliminary results looks quite promising. Other new facilities are also under commissioning or construction. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Indian Society for Radiation Physics
- Imprint Place
- Mumbai (India)
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings of thirteenth national symposium on radiation physics: recent advances and future scenarios in accelerator radiation physics
- Imprint Pagination
- 685 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 50-63
Conference
- Title
- 13. national symposium on radiation physics
- Acronym
- NSRP-13
- Dates
- 21-23 Dec 1999
- Place
- Mangalagangotri (India)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- India
- INIS RN
- 32004588
- Subject category
- S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BRAGG CURVE; FLOWSHEETS; HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS; NEOPLASMS; PERFORMANCE; POSITIONING; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOTHERAPY; SPECIFICATIONS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION SOURCES
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; DIAGRAMS; DISEASES; INFORMATION; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY
Optional Information
- Notes
- 12 refs., 9 figs., 2 tabs.