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Title:
ACCELERATED PARTICLE IRRADIATION FACILITY
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2012120861
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an accelerated particle irradiation facility which can efficiently install a particle accelerator and irradiation equipment in a designated site.

In a particle beam radiotherapy facility 1D installed in a building 6D consisting of a layered structure of a plurality of floors, the facility is equipped with cyclotron 2, for generating a proton beam, and a plurality of rotation gantries 7, 8 which radiate the proton beams generated by the cyclotron 2 and installed in at least either of an upper floor and a lower floor of the floor where the cyclotron 2 is installed. The plurality of the rotation gantries 7, 8 are installed by shifting them in a horizontal direction and installed in the different floors from the floor where the cyclotron 2 is installed, respectively.


Inventors:
YAJIMA AKIRA
TACHIKAWA TOSHIKI
Application Number:
JP2012030254A
Publication Date:
June 28, 2012
Filing Date:
February 15, 2012
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES
International Classes:
A61N5/10
Domestic Patent References:
JPH11176599A1999-07-02
JP2009148473A2009-07-09
JP2009502221A2009-01-29
JPH11501232A1999-02-02
JPH0636891A1994-02-10
Foreign References:
US5161546A1992-11-10
Other References:
NEW TWO-ROOM SOLUTION FROM IBA WILL MAKE PROTON THERAPY TRULY ACCESSIBLE FOR MORE CANCER PATIENTS, JPN6013037652, 2 November 2009 (2009-11-02), ISSN: 0002609706
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Makoto Kojima