Superconducting Gantry for Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy

Yoshiyuki Iwata, Naoyuki Amemiya, Hiroki Arai, Tetsuya Fujimoto, Takashi Fujita, Takuji Furukawa, Yousuke Hara, Shunya Matsuba, Kota Mizushima, Takeshi Murakami, Koji Noda, Tetsuhiro Obana (+10 others)
2018
A superconducting magnet gantry has been used at HIMAC in NIRS, transporting beams for carbon ion radiotherapy. A second superconducting gantry, with a different design, is under construction in Yamagata University. This invited talk presents an overview of these gantry designs, their advantages for light ion radiotherapy, their operational experiences, and future perspectives for superconducting radiotherapy gantries.
doi:10.18429/jacow-ipac2018-tuzgbf1 fatcat:evqjp6r3sraklpgazyj3mn2uzu