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Title:
CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATOR, ENERGY COMPENSATOR USED FOR SUCH DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR IRRADIATING OBJECT WITH CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2000214298
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To form a device easily and enable it to be repetitively used by allowing bars that constitute layers and are located in parallel with each other to come into and go from a region, where a charged particle beam passes through, by separate movement of the bars.

First of all, a tumor 25 is divided into lamellar regions of a prescribed thickness and a magnetic field is set up so that central plane of the first lamellar region can be irradiated with a charged particle beam 18. Then, the track of the particle beam 18 is approximately matched with the shape of an inner-side boundary surface of the first lamellar region by moving a bar 19b of an energy compensator 19. Moreover, an irradiation range is restricted within the lamellar regions by regulating a collimator 22. In this state, the central plane of the first lamellar region is irradiated with the particle beam 18 deflected by an electromagnet 16 for deflection in the X direction, and a particle beam 15 is turned off when the number of irradiated particles reaches a prescribed value. Subsequently, only a prescribed amount of the particle beam 18 in the number of particles is radiated by increasing the thickness of an energy shifter 21 by a prescribed amount. Thereafter, such processes are repeated and the irradiation is completed.


Inventors:
GAMA ETSUTORA
SAKAMOTO TAKENOBU
Application Number:
JP1236599A
Publication Date:
August 04, 2000
Filing Date:
January 20, 1999
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP
International Classes:
A61N5/10; G21K3/00; G21K5/04; (IPC1-7): G21K5/04; A61N5/10; G21K3/00
Domestic Patent References:
JPH10118204A1998-05-12
JPS62204770A1987-09-09
JPH10314323A1998-12-02
JPH09223600A1997-08-26
JPH07275381A1995-10-24
JPS62227375A1987-10-06
JPH01131675A1989-05-24
JPH10234874A1998-09-08
JPH10151211A1998-06-09
JPH03115897A1991-05-16
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hiroaki Tazawa (1 person outside)