NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY SYSTEM

• Main Authors: MITSUMOTO TOSHINORI, TANAKA HIROKI, SUZUKI MINORU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 02.03.2017
• Subjects: DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR; ELECTROTHERAPY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHYSICS; PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULARRADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; RADIATION THERAPY; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; ULTRASOUND THERAPY

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a neutron capture therapy system capable of improving treatment efficiency.SOLUTION: A neutron capture therapy system 1 that irradiates a neutron beam N to a patient S includes: an irradiation chamber 3 surrounded by a blocking wall W for blocking the radiation of the neutron beam N from the inside to the outside of the chamber in which the patient S disposed therein is irradiated with the neutron beam N; a neutron beam irradiation part 8 for irradiating the inside of the irradiation chamber 3 with the neutron beam N; a blocking door D1 for closing a gateway 3b provided on the blocking wall W; a medicine supply pump 17 for supplying a medicine to the patient S; and a medicine supply pipe 18 for guiding the medicine to the patient S disposed inside the irradiation chamber 3 from the medicine supply pump 17. The medicine supply pump 17 includes a control part 17a for controlling a medicine supply amount, and is disposed outside the irradiation chamber 3.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】治療効率を向上可能な中性子捕捉療法システムを提供する。【解決手段】中性子線Ｎを患者Ｓに照射する中性子捕捉療法システム１は、中性子線Ｎの室内から室外への放射を遮断する遮蔽壁Ｗに囲まれ、患者Ｓを室内に配置して中性子線Ｎを照射するための照射室３と、照射室３の室内に中性子線Ｎを照射する中性子線照射部８と、遮蔽壁Ｗに設けられた出入口３ｂを閉じる遮蔽扉Ｄ１と、患者Ｓに薬剤を供給する薬剤供給ポンプ１７と、照射室３の室内に配置された患者Ｓに薬剤供給ポンプ１７から薬剤を導く薬剤供給管１８と、を備えている。薬剤供給ポンプ１７は、薬剤の供給量を制御する制御部１７ａを有すると共に、照射室３の室外に配置されている。【選択図】図２