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Application of an RI-beam for cancer therapy: In-vivo verification of the ion-beam range by means of positron imaging

✍ Scribed by M. Kanazawa; A. Kitagawa; S. Kouda; T. Nishio; M. Torikoshi; K. Noda; T. Murakami; M. Suda; T. Tomitani; T. Kanai; Y. Futami; M. Shinbo; E. Urakabe; Y. Iseki


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
111 KB
Volume
701
Category
Article
ISSN
0375-9474

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✦ Synopsis


In cancer treatment with heavy ions, verification of the ion range in the patient's body is important. For this purpose, a positron emitter beam provides the possibility of range verification. To use the positron emitter beam, we have constructed a secondary beam course and its irradiation system. In this paper the constructed system is presented together with some results of beam experiments.