Beam Monitors of Nirs Fast Scanning System for Particle Therapy
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چکیده
At National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), more than 6500 patients have been successfully treated by carbon-ion beams since 1994. The successful results of treatments have led us to construct a new treatment facility equipped with three-dimensional pencil beam scanning irradiation system. The commissioning of NIRS fast scanning system installed into the new facility was started in September 2010, and the treatment with scanned ion beam was started in May 2011. In the scanning delivery system, beam monitors are some of the most important components to safely deliver the dose to the patient. In this paper, the design and the commissioning of beam monitors in the delivery system are described.
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