Abstract: An installation area of a particle beam treatment system is reduced. The particle beam irradiation system includes an accelerator which is installed on a floor surface and accelerates a charged particle beam, a transport device which transports the charged particle beam emitted from the accelerator, an irradiation device which irradiates an irradiation target with the charged particle beam transported by the transport device, and a gantry which is installed on the floor surface, and to which the irradiation device is attached. The gantry includes a rotating body which rotates the irradiation device about the irradiation target, and a support device which supports the rotating body from the floor surface at a position where a projection plane of the rotating body on the floor surface and a projection plane of the accelerator or the transport device on the floor surface at least partially overlap with each other.

Abstract: A rotating gantry is characterized in that a shielding material for attenuating a leakage dose of a secondary radiation generated by collision of a charged particle beam with an irradiation subject is provided at a position that is situated at the side opposed to a particle beam irradiation apparatus with respect to the irradiation subject and through which a beam axis of the charged particle beam passes, and wherein the shielding material is disposed in such a way that when the irradiation subject does not exist in the rotating gantry, a beam axis portion thereof that intersects the beam axis of the charged particle beam, is attachable and detachable, or can move in a sliding manner and in the rotation-axle direction of the rotating gantry.

Abstract: When an energy of a particle beam to be emitted from an accelerator is set for every slice group including two or more adjacent slices and an attenuation amount is set for each slice in the slice group, the energy to be emitted from the accelerator is set, for every slice group, higher than an energy corresponding to the slice at a deepest location in that slice group so that a transmissive plate has a predetermined thickness for the slice at the deepest location; and, with respect to a thickness of the transmissive plate to be set for every slice group, the thickness set for the slice group at a deep location is larger than or equal to the thickness set for the slice group at a shallow location, and the thickness set for the slice group at a deepest location is thicker than the thickness set for the slice group at a shallowest location.

Abstract: A particle beam irradiation chamber in which a passage having a first opening part at a side of an inner wall and a second opening part at a side of an outer wall is provided and which has an isocenter inside the chamber, wherein a first line segment which connects the center of the first opening part and the center of the second opening part passes inside the passage, an angle, which is formed by a second segment, which connects the center of the first opening part and the isocenter and the first line segment, is smaller than 180 degrees, and a width of the passage is narrower than a width of opening of the first opening part.

Abstract: When an energy of a particle beam to be emitted from an accelerator is set for every slice group including two or more adjacent slices and an attenuation amount is set for each slice in the slice group, the energy to be emitted from the accelerator is set, for every slice group, higher than an energy corresponding to the slice at a deepest location in that slice group so that a transmissive plate has a predetermined thickness for the slice at the deepest location; and, with respect to a thickness of the transmissive plate to be set for every slice group, the thickness set for the slice group at a deep location is larger than or equal to the thickness set for the slice group at a shallow location, and the thickness set for the slice group at a deepest location is thicker than the thickness set for the slice group at a shallowest location.

Abstract: A particle beam irradiation chamber in which a passage having a first opening part at a side of an inner wall and a second opening part at a side of an outer wall is provided and which has an isocenter inside the chamber, wherein a first line segment which connects the center of the first opening part and the center of the second opening part passes inside the passage, an angle, which is formed by a second segment, which connects the center of the first opening part and the isocenter and the first line segment, is smaller than 180 degrees, and a width of the passage is narrower than a width of opening of the first opening part.

Abstract: A particle beam irradiation apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a vacuum duct that forms a vacuum region through which the charged particle beam passes, a vacuum window through which the charged particle beam is launched from the vacuum region, a scanning electromagnet that scans the charged particle beam; a monitoring apparatus including a position monitor that detects the passing position of a charged particle beam and the beam size thereof, a low-scattering gas filling chamber including the monitoring apparatus, and an irradiation management apparatus that controls irradiation of the charged particle beam; the particle beam irradiation apparatus is characterized in that the low-scattering gas filling chamber is changeably disposed in such a manner that the beam-axis-direction positional relationship between the monitoring apparatus and the vacuum window is a desired one and in that the low-scattering gas filling chamber is filled with a low-scattering gas.

Abstract: A control unit is provided with, a retaining section that retains a plurality of operation patterns each being a pattern of operation to be periodically repeated by an accelerator, the operation patterns having respective operation conditions adjusted for different emission times of an particle beam, to cause a deflection electromagnet in the accelerator to have an intended magnetic field intensity even under a presence of a hysteresis; a reading section for a plurality of slices of an irradiation target in a depth direction, which reads an irradiation condition for each of the slices; a selection section that selects the operation pattern suitable for each of the slices, on the basis of the read irradiation condition; and a main control section that controls, for each of the slices, the accelerator on the basis of the selected operation pattern and an irradiation device on the basis of the irradiation condition.

Abstract: A particle beam therapy system comprising a treatment table, a treatment table control unit and an irradiation control unit configured to output an instruction for controlling the treatment table control unit, an accelerator and a scanning electromagnet, wherein after the treatment table control unit controls the treatment table so as for a patient isocenter which is reference position of an affected area of a patient to move to a position of an irradiation isocenter which is set at a position which is closer to an irradiation nozzle than an equipment isocenter which is reference of positional relation of the irradiation nozzle and the treatment table, the irradiation control unit outputs an instruction for irradiating the patient with a particle beam.

Abstract: A rotating gantry is characterized in that a shielding material for attenuating a leakage dose of a secondary radiation generated by collision of a charged particle beam with an irradiation subject is provided at a position that is situated at the side opposed to a particle beam irradiation apparatus with respect to the irradiation subject and through which a beam axis of the charged particle beam passes, and wherein the shielding material is disposed in such a way that when the irradiation subject does not exist in the rotating gantry, a beam axis portion thereof that intersects the beam axis of the charged particle beam, is attachable and detachable, or can move in a sliding manner and in the rotation-axle direction of the rotating gantry.

Abstract: A control unit is provided with, a retaining section that retains a plurality of operation patterns each being a pattern of operation to be periodically repeated by an accelerator, the operation patterns having respective operation conditions adjusted for different emission times of an particle beam, to cause a deflection electromagnet in the accelerator to have an intended magnetic field intensity even under a presence of a hysteresis; a reading section for a plurality of slices of an irradiation target in a depth direction, which reads an irradiation condition for each of the slices; a selection section that selects the operation pattern suitable for each of the slices, on the basis of the read irradiation condition; and a main control section that controls, for each of the slices, the accelerator on the basis of the selected operation pattern and an irradiation device on the basis of the irradiation condition.

Abstract: A particle beam irradiation apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a vacuum duct that forms a vacuum region through which the charged particle beam passes, a vacuum window through which the charged particle beam is launched from the vacuum region, a scanning electromagnet that scans the charged particle beam; a monitoring apparatus including a position monitor that detects the passing position of a charged particle beam and the beam size thereof, a low-scattering gas filling chamber including the monitoring apparatus, and an irradiation management apparatus that controls irradiation of the charged particle beam; the particle beam irradiation apparatus is characterized in that the low-scattering gas filling chamber is changeably disposed in such a manner that the beam-axis-direction positional relationship between the monitoring apparatus and the vacuum window is a desired one and in that the low-scattering gas filling chamber is filled with a low-scattering gas.

Abstract: A particle beam therapy system comprising a treatment table, a treatment table control unit and an irradiation control unit configured to output an instruction for controlling the treatment table control unit, an accelerator and a scanning electromagnet, wherein after the treatment table control unit controls the treatment table so as for a patient isocenter which is reference position of an affected area of a patient to move to a position of an irradiation isocenter which is set at a position which is closer to an irradiation nozzle than an equipment isocenter which is reference of positional relation of the irradiation nozzle and the treatment table, the irradiation control unit outputs an instruction for irradiating the patient with a particle beam.

Abstract: The particle beam irradiation apparatus irradiates a charged particle beam accelerated by a accelerator onto an irradiation subject; the particle beam irradiation apparatus includes a scanning electromagnet that scans the charged particle beam, and a scanning electromagnet moving apparatus that moves the scanning electromagnet in such a way as to change the distance between the scanning electromagnet and the irradiation subject in the beam axis direction of the charged particle beam.

Abstract: A charged particle beam position monitor is provided with a plurality of position monitors and a beam data processing device that performs calculation processing of the state of a charged particle beam, based on a plurality of signals outputted from the position monitors. The beam data processing device includes a plurality of channel data conversion units that perform AD conversion processing of the plurality of signals outputted from the position monitors; a position size processing unit, for each of the position monitors, that calculates the beam position of the beam, based on voltage information obtained through the AD conversion processing; and an integrated control unit that controls the plurality of channel data conversion units in such a way that while the beam is irradiated onto an irradiation subject, AD conversion processing of the signals is performed at different timings for the respective position monitors.

Abstract: A charged particle beam position monitor is provided with a plurality of position monitors and a beam data processing device that performs calculation processing of the state of a charged particle beam, based on a plurality of signals outputted from the position monitors. The beam data processing device includes a plurality of channel data conversion units that perform AD conversion processing of the plurality of signals outputted from the position monitors; a position size processing unit, for each of the position monitors, that calculates the beam position of the beam, based on voltage information obtained through the AD conversion processing; and an integrated control unit that controls the plurality of channel data conversion units in such a way that while the beam is irradiated onto an irradiation subject, AD conversion processing of the signals is performed at different timings for the respective position monitors.

Abstract: The particle beam irradiation apparatus irradiates a charged particle beam accelerated by a accelerator onto an irradiation subject; the particle beam irradiation apparatus includes a scanning electromagnet that scans the charged particle beam, and a scanning electromagnet moving apparatus that moves the scanning electromagnet in such a way as to change the distance between the scanning electromagnet and the irradiation subject in the beam axis direction of the charged particle beam.