Advances in Accelerators and Medical Physics

Dr. Toshiyuki Shirai is the Director of the Department of Accelerator and Medical Physics at the National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST). He received his PhD degree from the Faculty of Science, Kyoto University. After graduation, he worked in the accelerator and beam physics at the Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University. At QST, his research interests are in medical physics and medical accelerators for particle therapy, especially carbon-ion radiotherapy. He has served as a Councilor of the Particle Accelerator Society of Japan. Dr. Teiji Nishio is Professor and Director of the Medical Physics Laboratory, Division of Health Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in Science from the Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Rikkyo University for his research in nuclear astrophysics. He also received his Ph.D. in Medicine from the Department of Biophysics and Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo for his research in medical physics. So far, he has been working on research and development of proton therapy, especially, Beam On-Line PET system, which visualize the proton irradiation area, at the National Cancer Center Japan. He is currently engaged in research and education on X-ray therapy, proton therapy, and heavy particle therapy in the Medical Physics Laboratory at Osaka University. He is also a board member of the Japan Society of Medical Physics (JSMP). Kiyokazu Sato is the Senior Consultant of Keihin Product Operations Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation. He is responsible for improving technologies and the quality of Keihin Product Operations which is the core factory in Toshiba for energy related equipments such as steam and hydro turbines, turbine-generators, heat exchangers, nuclear reactor internals and new energy equipment. Prior to his current role, he was the Senior Manager of Machinery and Equipment Department and in charge of designing and fabricating new energy equipment such as particle accelerators, superconducting magnets, equipment for fusion reactors, and special remote handling systems.Dr. Sato holds a PhD in Engineering for his work on heavy ion linear accelerators from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.

• SECTION A X-ray therapy and electron beam therapy1. Electron accelerator and beam irradiation system2. External beam radiation therapy3. Immobilization and patient positioning4. Respiratory motion management5. Radiation treatment planning (photon and electron beam therapy)6. Dosimetric verification7. Adaptive radiotherapySECTION B Particle therapy8. Proton cyclotron accelerator and line scanning irradiation system9. Proton synchrotron accelerator and spot scanning irradiation system10. Carbon-ion synchrotron accelerator and raster scanning irradiation system11. Quantum scalpel12. Irradiation and therapy methods13. Management of patient position and respiratory motion14. Treatment planning15. Dosimetric verification16. Radiation protectionSECTION C Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT)17. Principle and current status18. Proton linear accelerator and lithium target system19. Proton linear accelerator and beryllium target system20. Proton cyclotron accelerator and beryllium target system21. Irradiation method and the immobilization and positioning of patients (head and neck)22. Therapy method, irradiation method, and immobilization and positioning of patients (brain)23. Therapy method, irradiation method, and immobilization and positioning (skin)24. Treatment planning25. Dosimetric verification26. Future worksSECTION D Molecular imaging and therapy27. Electron linear accelerator for medical radionuclide production28. Cyclotron accelerators for the production of medical radionuclides29. Dosimetry in therapy using radiopharmaceuticalsSECTION E Novel technologies30. FLASH radiotherapy31. Laser-driven ion accelerator