@misc{oai:repo.qst.go.jp:00065101,
 author = {Noda, Kouji and 野田 耕司},
 month = {Aug},
 note = {The first clinical trial with carbon beams delivered from the HIMAC (Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba) was conducted in June 1994. The total number of patients treated reaches at around 7,000 as of December 2012. Based on our more than ten-years of experience with the HIMAC, we proposed a compact carbon-ion therapy facility for widespread use in Japan. After developments of the key technologies of the accelerator and irradiation systems, a pilot facility for the proposed one was constructed at Gunma University and has been operated since March 2010. In the HIMAC facility, on the other hand, a new treatment facility, which realized fast 3D scanning for a high accurate treatment, was constructed and has been operated since May 2011. In this project, toward the intensity modulated particle therapy, which one of the most sophisticated treatment methods, a rotating gantry, utilizing a low-temperature superconducting magnet, has been developed. The R&D work shows that its weight will be reduced to 150 ton from 400 ton in using a room-temperature magnet. Encouraged by such the R&D work, We will report the present heavy-ion cancer treatment and the future plan toward the more compact facility., 11th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators},
 title = {Recent Progress of Heavy-Ion Cancer Therapy with NIRS-HIMAC},
 year = {2013}
}