Present Status of Himac at Nirs
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Since 1994 clinical trials have been performed successfully with carbon beam. To improve the clinical result further, new irradiation systems are under development such as a 3D-irradiation system and a verification system of range with positron emitter. There are also improvements on the accelerator performances. One is the wide range of ion species; the others are concerned with the machine devices and new beam monitors to get good machine operation. In this report we present current status of HIMAC.
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