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AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsMasaki Yanagisawa, Hiroshi Akiyama, Koji Matsuda, Hisataka Fujimaki
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The invention provides a charged particle therapy system capable of increasing the number of patients treated. An irradiation filed forming apparatus for irradiating a charged particle beam extracted from a charged particle beam generator to an irradiation target includes an RMW device. The RMW device comprises a housing and an RMW disposed within the housing. A rotary shaft of the RMW is rotatably mounted to the housing. The RMW device is detachably installed in an RMW holding member provided in a casing of the irradiation filed forming apparatus. The housing can be placed in contact with the RMW holding member, and hence positioning of the rotary shaft of the RMW to a predetermined position can be performed in a short time. This contributes to cutting a time required for treatment per patient and increasing the number of patients treated.
A charged particle therapy system including a charged particle beam generator for generating a charged particle beam and a charged particle beam irradiation apparatus comprising a range modulation wheel device through which the charged particle beam emitted from said charged particle beam generator passes,
A range modulation wheel device comprising a housing and a range modulation wheel disposed in said housing and rotatably mounted thereto so as to allow a charged particle beam to pass through said range modulation wheel,
A method of installing a range modulation wheel device, the method comprising the steps of:
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