Abstract
A charged particle therapy was proposed by Robert R. Wilson in 1946 and a clinical study of proton radiotherapy had been started at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 1954. Clinical studies have been promoted mainly in the United States and Europe. However, in Japan as well, the University of Tsukuba (KEK Campus) and the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) started proton radiotherapy around 1980, and NIRS started carbon-ion radiotherapy in 1994. Following pioneering clinical studies, now in Japan, many proton and carbon-ion radiotherapy facilities are in operation, and some vendors are supplying equipment. Among them, charged particle therapy technologies originating in Japan have been developed, such as a respiratory-gated irradiation technology, a spot scanning irradiation technology, and a clinical dose design for ion radiotherapy. I look back on them and discuss the future direction of research and development of the charged particle therapy.
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Schedule a callMore From: Igaku butsuri : Nihon Igaku Butsuri Gakkai kikanshi = Japanese journal of medical physics : an official journal of Japan Society of Medical Physics
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