Abstract
This chapter describes design considerations of a carbon-ion radiotherapy (C-ion RT) facility, based on medical requirements. In addition, as examples of C-ion RT facilities, a pilot facility of a downsized version of the Heavy-Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC) and the new treatment research facility with the HIMAC accelerator are introduced. The former facility employs the beam-wobbling method, which has been successfully operated in Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Center (GHMC) since March 2010. The latter facility has three treatment rooms: Two of them are equipped with the horizontal and vertical beam-delivery systems and one room is prepared for a superconducting rotating gantry, which employs the pencil-beam 3D scanning for treatments of both the static and respiratory-moving tumors. The treatments in the new treatment research facility have been successfully carried out since May 2011, while a rotating gantry with superconducting magnet has been developed.
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