Published September 2010 | Version v1
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Clinical use and basic-science programs at HIMAC

Creators

  • 1. National Inst. of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Chiba (Japan)

Description

Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC) is the first large accelerator constructed for medical purposes, and has been successfully carrying out cancer treatments using carbon beams since 1994. The facility is operated 24 hours a day. HIMAC supplies the various heavy-ion beams to basic-science programs during the night and on weekends, while the daytime is devoted to clinical use. Although changing the accelerator condition twice a day is a heavy burden for scheduling and everyday operation, it allows for an efficient use of the facility, and produces much outcome. The present status of the facility and an outline of the basic-science programs are described in this review. (author)

Part of:
Proceedings of Japanese-European joint symposium on ion cancer therapy and NIRS-KI joint symposium on ion-radiation sciences

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://id.nii.ac.jp/1657/00073736/;

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Proceedings of Japanese-European joint symposium on ion cancer therapy and NIRS-KI joint symposium on ion-radiation sciences
Imprint Pagination
186 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 174-183
Report number
NIRS-M--235

Conference

Title
Japanese-European joint symposium on ion cancer therapy; NIRS-KI joint symposium on ion-radiation sciences
Dates
9-11 Sep 2010
Place
Stockholm (Sweden)

INIS

Country of Publication
Japan
Country of Input or Organization
Japan
INIS RN
53067065
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ARGON IONS; BRAGG CURVE; CARBON 11; CARBON IONS; HEAVY IONS; HELIUM IONS; HIMAC ACCELERATOR; LET; MEV RANGE; NEON IONS; SILICON IONS; TASK SCHEDULING
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHARGED PARTICLES; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; DATA PROCESSING; DIAGRAMS; ENERGY RANGE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS; INFORMATION; IONS; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; PROCESSING; RADIOISOTOPES; SYNCHROTRONS

Optional Information

Notes
This record replaces 44074542