WO2013111292A1 - 荷電粒子加速器及び粒子線治療装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a particle beam therapy apparatus used in the medical field.
- a particle beam therapy system is connected to a beam generator for generating a charged particle beam, an accelerator for accelerating the generated charged particle beam, and a charge emitted after being accelerated to energy set by the accelerator.
- a beam transport system that transports a particle beam, and a particle beam irradiation device that is installed downstream of the beam transport system and that irradiates a target with a charged particle beam.
- a synchrotron is used as an accelerator for accelerating a charged particle beam.
- a high frequency is applied to a high frequency acceleration cavity (acceleration cavity) provided in the synchrotron, a pattern operation is performed by synchronizing a deflecting electromagnet or a quadrupole electromagnet, and the charged particle beam is accelerated to a predetermined energy.
- the orbital frequency increases as the charged particle beam accelerates. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the acceleration frequency of the acceleration voltage in accordance with the acceleration of the charged particle beam. That is, it is necessary to synchronize the magnetic field B of the deflection electromagnet and the acceleration frequency f of the acceleration voltage.
- Patent Document 1 shows a charged particle accelerator that generates a B clock (magnetic field clock) from the magnetic field change observed in FIG. 1 and outputs an acceleration cavity pattern using this B clock to operate a high-frequency acceleration cavity.
- the conventional charged particle accelerator uses the T clock and B clock as described above to synchronize the deflecting electromagnet and the high frequency acceleration cavity. In this operation method, since two clocks of T clock and B clock are used, the apparatus is complicated. Therefore, Patent Document 1 proposes a charged particle accelerator that operates a deflection electromagnet and a high-frequency acceleration cavity by outputting a deflection electromagnet pattern and an acceleration cavity pattern using only a T clock.
- JP-A-8-293399 (steps 0008 to 0017, FIGS. 1 and 3)
- the amount of pattern data handled by the charged particle accelerator as a whole becomes very large.
- the amount of hard disk and memory for storing the data There are problems that the amount of data becomes enormous and pattern data communication takes time.
- the pattern data amount will be described in detail below.
- a high frequency acceleration cavity applies a high frequency of less than 10 MHz.
- the high-frequency accelerating cavity has good follow-up to changes over time and is sensitive to beam acceleration and deceleration. Therefore, the output period of the pattern clock requires about 100 kHz, and the high-frequency accelerating cavity changes smoothly. In the case of operating with, a pattern output of about 1 MHz is required.
- an electromagnet such as a deflecting electromagnet or a quadrupole electromagnet has a large reactance component and a large time constant due to the structure in which a coil is wound around an iron core. That is, about 1200 Hz or 1440 Hz is possible.
- electromagnets that perform pattern operation include a converging quadrupole electromagnet, a diverging quadrupole electromagnet, a converging hexapole electromagnet, 6-pole electromagnets, start-up correction steering electromagnets (X direction / Y direction), take-out hexapole electromagnets, etc.
- the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and charged particles that reduce the amount of pattern data for operating the acceleration cavity and the electromagnet based on the time clock and shorten the communication time of the pattern data.
- the aim is to obtain an accelerator.
- a charged particle accelerator includes a vacuum duct that passes a charged particle beam, an acceleration cavity that accelerates the charged particle beam that passes through the vacuum duct, a deflection electromagnet that deflects the charged particle beam that passes through the vacuum duct, and an acceleration An accelerator controller for controlling the cavity and the deflection electromagnet.
- the accelerator control device includes an acceleration cavity clock, a clock generator that generates an electromagnetic clock that is synchronized with the acceleration cavity clock and has a frequency lower than that of the acceleration cavity clock, and an acceleration cavity stored in the first pattern memory.
- a high-frequency control unit that controls based on the pattern and the acceleration cavity clock; and a deflection electromagnet control unit that controls the deflection electromagnet based on the deflection electromagnet pattern and the electromagnet clock stored in the second pattern memory.
- the acceleration cavity and the deflection electromagnet are controlled using the acceleration cavity clock and the electromagnetic clock having a frequency lower than that of the acceleration cavity clock and synchronized with the acceleration cavity clock. Can reduce the amount of data compared to the acceleration cavity pattern, and can shorten the communication time of the pattern data to the accelerator.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a particle beam therapy system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the particle beam irradiation apparatus of FIG.
- FIG. 2 is a timing diagram illustrating an acceleration cavity clock and an electromagnet clock of FIG. 1. It is a figure which shows the data output example of the acceleration cavity pattern at the time of using an acceleration cavity clock. It is a figure which shows the data output example of the acceleration cavity pattern at the time of using FR clock. It is a figure which shows the structure of the charged particle accelerator by Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the data output example of the acceleration cavity pattern by Embodiment 2 of this invention.
- FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a charged particle accelerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the particle beam therapy system according to the first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the particle beam irradiation apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- the particle beam therapy system 51 includes a beam generation device 52, a beam transport system 59, and particle beam irradiation devices 58a and 58b.
- the beam generator 52 includes an ion source (not shown), a pre-stage accelerator 53, and a charged particle accelerator 54.
- the particle beam irradiation device 58b is installed in a rotating gantry (not shown).
- the particle beam irradiation device 58a is installed in a treatment room having no rotating gantry.
- the role of the beam transport system 59 is in communication between the charged particle accelerator 54 and the particle beam irradiation devices 58a and 58b.
- a part of the beam transport system 59 is installed in a rotating gantry (not shown), and the part has a plurality of deflection electromagnets 55a, 55b, and 55c.
- a charged particle beam which is a particle beam such as a proton beam generated by an ion source, is accelerated by the former accelerator 53 and is incident into the charged particle accelerator 54 from the incident device 46.
- the charged particle accelerator 54 will be described using a synchrotron as an example.
- the charged particle beam is accelerated to a predetermined energy.
- the charged particle beam emitted from the emission device 47 of the charged particle accelerator 54 is transported to the particle beam irradiation devices 58a and 58b through the beam transport system 59.
- the particle beam irradiation devices 58a and 58b irradiate the irradiation target 45 (see FIG. 3) with a charged particle beam.
- the reference numeral 58 of the particle beam irradiation apparatus is used as a whole, and 58a and 58b are used in the case of distinction.
- the particle beam irradiation device 58 includes an X-direction scanning electromagnet 32 and a Y-direction scanning electromagnet 33 that scan the charged particle beam 31 in the X direction and the Y direction that are perpendicular to the charged particle beam 31, and a position monitor 34.
- the irradiation management device 38 includes an irradiation control computer 39 and an irradiation control device 40.
- the dose data converter 36 includes a trigger generation unit 42, a spot counter 43, and an inter-spot counter 44.
- the traveling direction of the charged particle beam 31 is the ⁇ Z direction.
- the X-direction scanning electromagnet 32 is a scanning electromagnet that scans the charged particle beam 31 in the X direction
- the Y-direction scanning electromagnet 33 is a scanning electromagnet that scans the charged particle beam 31 in the Y direction.
- the position monitor 34 detects beam information for calculating a passing position (center of gravity position) and a size of a beam through which the charged particle beam 31 scanned by the X direction scanning electromagnet 32 and the Y direction scanning electromagnet 33 passes.
- the beam data processing device 41 calculates the passing position (center of gravity position) and size of the charged particle beam 31 based on beam information made up of a plurality of analog signals (beam information) detected by the position monitor 34. Further, the beam data processing device 41 generates an abnormality detection signal indicating an abnormal position or size abnormality of the charged particle beam 31 and outputs this abnormality detection signal to the irradiation management device 38.
- the dose monitor 35 detects the dose of the charged particle beam 31.
- the irradiation management device 38 controls the irradiation position of the charged particle beam 31 on the irradiation object 45 based on treatment plan data created by a treatment planning device (not shown), is measured by the dose monitor 35, and is measured by the dose data converter 36.
- the dose converted into digital data reaches the target dose, the charged particle beam 31 is stopped.
- the scanning electromagnet power source 37 sets the set currents of the X direction scanning electromagnet 32 and the Y direction scanning electromagnet 33 based on control inputs (commands) to the X direction scanning electromagnet 32 and the Y direction scanning electromagnet 33 output from the irradiation management device 38. Change.
- the scanning irradiation method of the particle beam irradiation apparatus 58 is a raster scanning irradiation method in which the charged particle beam 31 is not stopped when the irradiation position of the charged particle beam 31 is changed, and the beam irradiation position is the same as the spot scanning irradiation method.
- This will be described as a method of moving between spot positions one after another.
- the spot counter 43 measures the irradiation dose while the beam irradiation position of the charged particle beam 31 is stopped.
- the spot-to-spot counter 44 measures the irradiation dose while the beam irradiation position of the charged particle beam 31 is moving.
- the trigger generation unit 42 generates a dose expiration signal when the dose of the charged particle beam 31 at the beam irradiation position reaches the target irradiation dose.
- the charged particle accelerator 54 includes an acceleration ring 26, an accelerator control device 25, a high-frequency amplifier 10, and electromagnet power supplies 14 and 16.
- the acceleration ring 26 includes a vacuum duct 24 through which the charged particle beam 31 passes, four deflection electromagnets 15a, 15b, 15c, and 15d that supply and deflect a magnetic field to the charged particle beam 31 that passes through the vacuum duct 24, and a vacuum duct.
- Two quadrupole electromagnets 17a and 17b that supply a magnetic field to the charged particle beam 31 passing through 24 to obtain a predetermined beam size, and the acceleration cavity 11 that accelerates the charged particle beam 31 passing through the vacuum duct 24 are provided.
- the accelerator control device 25 includes the computer 1, a clock generation unit 18, a high frequency control unit 19, a deflection electromagnet control unit 20, and a quadrupole electromagnet control unit 23.
- the reference numerals of the deflection electromagnets are 15 as a whole, and 15a, 15b, 15c, and 15d are used when they are distinguished from each other.
- the reference numerals of the quadrupole electromagnets are 17 as a whole, and 17a and 17b are used when they are distinguished from each other. Note that an incident device 46 for entering the charged particle beam 31 from the pre-stage accelerator 53 into the vacuum duct 24 and an emitting device 47 for emitting the charged particle beam 31 from the vacuum duct 24 to the beam transport system 59 are omitted in FIG.
- the deflection electromagnet 15 generates a magnetic field for bending the charged particle beam 31 to circulate in the vacuum duct 24.
- the quadrupole electromagnet 17 generates a magnetic field for diffusing and converging the beam.
- the high frequency amplifier 10 generates a high frequency acceleration voltage based on the control signal output from the high frequency control unit 19.
- the electromagnet power supply 14 generates a control current based on the control signal output from the deflection electromagnet control unit 20.
- the electromagnet power supply 16 generates a control current based on the control signal output from the quadrupole electromagnet controller 23.
- Each of the acceleration cavity 11, the deflecting electromagnet 15, and the quadrupole electromagnet 17 accelerates the charged particle beam 31 to a predetermined energy by accelerating, deflecting, diffusing and converging while maintaining a predetermined synchronization.
- the clock generation unit 18 includes a clock oscillator 2, a frequency divider 3 that generates an acceleration cavity clock clka, and a frequency divider 4 that generates an electromagnet clock clkm.
- the high frequency control unit 19 includes a pattern memory 5, an FR clock generator 6 that generates the FR clock clkfr, a pattern output unit 7, a synthesizer 8, and an AM modulator 9.
- the deflection electromagnet controller 20 includes a pattern memory 12 and a pattern output unit 13.
- the quadrupole electromagnet controller 23 includes a pattern memory 21 and a pattern output device 22.
- the clock oscillator 2 generates a clock at a constant period, for example, 15 MHz.
- This 15 MHz clock is a reference clock.
- the high frequency acceleration cavity divider 3 divides the reference clock by a predetermined number to generate an acceleration cavity clock clka for the high frequency acceleration cavity. If the acceleration cavity clock clka is 150 kHz, for example, the acceleration cavity clock clka generates a 15 MHz clock by switching between the voltage H and the voltage L every 50 counts. More specifically, the 50 count period of the 15 MHz clock is the voltage H, the subsequent 50 count period of the 15 MHz clock is the voltage L, and a clock corresponding to 100 counts of the 15 MHz clock is generated.
- the electromagnet divider 4 also divides the clock output from the clock oscillator 2 by a predetermined number to generate an electromagnet clock clkm.
- the electromagnet clock clkm is 3 kHz, for example, the electromagnet clock clkm generates a 15 MHz clock by switching between the voltage H and the voltage L every 2500 counts. More specifically, a voltage corresponding to 5000 counts of a 15 MHz clock is generated with a voltage H during the 2500 count period of the 15 MHz clock and a voltage L during the 2500 count period of the subsequent 15 MHz clock.
- FIG. 4 is a timing diagram illustrating an acceleration cavity clock and an electromagnet clock.
- the accelerating cavity clock clka and the electromagnet clock clkm are generated by dividing one reference clock, and each frequency is configured to be an integral multiple of 150 kHz and 3 kHz.
- the rising edge of the electromagnet clock clkm (change from the voltage L to the voltage H) always matches the rising edge of the acceleration cavity clock clka.
- the fall of the electromagnet clock clkm (change from the voltage H to the voltage L) also coincides with the rise of the acceleration cavity clock clka.
- the acceleration cavity clock clka and the electromagnet clock clkm are synchronized clocks.
- the FR clock generator 6 of the high-frequency control unit 19 calculates the period of the acceleration cavity clock clka, and increases the frequency so as to multiply the acceleration cavity clock clka by a predetermined increase constant (integer), thereby making the pattern of the acceleration cavity 11
- a predetermined increase constant integer
- the increase constant is, for example, 8 times. That is, the FR clock clkfr is set to 1.2 MHz, which is eight times the acceleration cavity clock clka, for example.
- the FR clock clkfr generates a smooth acceleration cavity control signal when the frequency is changed, and is a clock that is synchronized with the acceleration cavity clock clka for each period based on the increase constant of the FR clock clkfr.
- the FR clock clkfr is a clock in which a pulse is formed every complementary time tr described later.
- the FR clock clkfr is regenerated from the acceleration cavity clock clka.
- the reason why the acceleration cavity clock clka is generated by dividing from the reference clock and the FR clock clkfr is regenerated from the acceleration cavity clock clka is that the clock oscillator 2, the frequency divider 3 for the acceleration cavity, and the frequency divider for the electromagnet 4 is configured as one unit as the clock generation unit 18, and this clock generation unit 18 may be installed at a location away from the high frequency control unit 19, in order to facilitate transmission of the FR clock clkfr that is a high frequency signal. In this way, it is configured.
- the FR clock clkfr may be directly generated from the reference clock.
- the acceleration cavity pattern for the acceleration cavity 11 is transmitted from the computer 1 in advance and stored.
- the acceleration cavity pattern is a pattern for setting the frequency value of the high-frequency acceleration voltage corresponding to each cycle of the acceleration cavity clock clka. Since there is not one acceleration cavity pattern, depending on the energy used in the particle beam therapy system 51, the operation cycle, the beam intensity, etc., the pattern memory 5 is configured to have a plurality of acceleration cavity patterns. . In the scanning irradiation type particle beam therapy system 51, about 10 sets of acceleration cavity patterns and electromagnet patterns are prepared. Three accelerated cavity patterns may be used in particle beam therapy for one affected area. The acceleration cavity pattern is sequentially output in accordance with the acceleration cavity clock clka of 150 kHz.
- the frequency data of the acceleration cavity pattern stored in the pattern memory 5 will be referred to as stored frequency data in order to distinguish it from complementary frequency data described later.
- the pattern memory 5 sequentially outputs the storage frequency data of the acceleration cavity pattern to the pattern output unit 7.
- the pattern output unit 7 performs complementary processing from the FR clock clkfr and the storage frequency data of the acceleration cavity pattern input from the pattern memory 5 to perform data for a predetermined acceleration cavity operation pattern (storage frequency data and complementary frequency data). Is output to a synthesizer (digital synthesizer) 8.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of data output of the acceleration cavity pattern when the acceleration cavity clock is used
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of data output of the acceleration cavity pattern when the FR clock is used.
- FIG. 5 corresponds to the case where no complement processing is performed
- FIG. 6 corresponds to the case where complement processing is performed.
- the horizontal axis represents time
- the vertical axis represents the set frequency of the acceleration cavity control signal.
- the acceleration frequency pattern storage frequency data is output from the pattern output unit 7 to the synthesizer 8 without complementing the acceleration cavity pattern stored in the pattern memory 5.
- 5 and 6 the points indicated by black circles correspond to the stored frequency data stored in the pattern memory 5.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of data output of the acceleration cavity pattern when the acceleration cavity clock is used
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of data output of the acceleration cavity pattern when the FR clock is used.
- FIG. 5 corresponds to the case where no complement processing is performed
- FIG. 6 corresponds to the case where
- the pattern output unit 7 outputs data f1 from the acceleration cavity pattern stored in the pattern memory 5 when the time that is the pattern setting time reaches t1. Similarly, the pattern output unit 7 outputs data f2 at time t2, which is the next pattern setting time, and outputs data f3 at time t3, which is the next pattern setting time. In this way, the acceleration cavity pattern is output so that the frequency data is determined at a determined timing.
- the data output example of the acceleration cavity pattern subjected to the complementary processing shown in FIG. 6 uses the same acceleration cavity pattern stored in the pattern memory 5, and therefore the frequency data at the time of pulse input of the acceleration cavity clock clka is the same. . That is, in FIG. 6, the pattern output unit 7 outputs data f ⁇ b> 1 from the acceleration cavity pattern stored in the pattern memory 5 when the time reaches time t ⁇ b> 1 which is the pattern setting time. Similarly, the pattern output unit 7 outputs data f2 at time t2 which is the pattern setting time, and outputs data f3 at time t3 which is the pattern setting time. In this way, the acceleration cavity pattern is output so that the frequency data is determined at a determined timing.
- the complemented frequency data is output every time the FR clock clkfr is input. That is, the complementary differential frequency fr corresponds to the cycle of the FR clock clkfr.
- the pattern memory 5 outputs the data f2 advanced one clock ahead to the pattern output unit 7 at the time t1.
- the pattern output unit 7 calculates a complement target frequency difference ⁇ f that is a difference between the received data f2 and the previously received data f1, and calculates the complement target frequency difference ⁇ f between the acceleration cavity clock clka and the FR clock clkfr.
- a complementary difference frequency fr is obtained by dividing by a complementary ratio k which is a ratio.
- the complement processing shown here is called linear complement processing or ramping processing. Note that the complementing process may be performed by approximating a curve such as a quadratic curve other than the linear complementing process.
- the pattern output unit 7 generates complementary frequency data that is changed by a predetermined complementary differential frequency fr every predetermined complementary time tr between the pattern setting times when the storage frequency data of the acceleration cavity pattern is output.
- the stored frequency data or complementary frequency data is output each time the FR clock clkfr is input, so that the stepwise frequency change in FIG. 5 can be made smooth without increasing the pattern data stored in the pattern memory 5. Can improve to change.
- the pattern output unit 7 receives the output from the pattern memory 5 instead of outputting the data complemented in accordance with the input of the FR clock clkfr at the times t1, t2, and t3 which are the timing of the acceleration cavity clock clka. In the case, the frequency data of the acceleration cavity pattern received last time is output. By doing so, it is possible to perform highly accurate synchronous operation utilizing the synchronism of the electromagnet clock clkm and the acceleration cavity clock clka.
- the frequency data output from the pattern output unit 7 is input to the synthesizer 8, and a high frequency signal having a frequency indicated by the frequency data is output from the synthesizer 8 to the AM modulator 9.
- the AM modulator 9 performs AM modulation by multiplying the output of a voltage pattern (not shown) and the high frequency signal output from the synthesizer 8, and outputs the AM modulated high frequency signal to the high frequency amplifier 10.
- the high frequency amplifier 10 amplifies the AM modulated high frequency signal which has been AM modulated and outputs the amplified signal to the acceleration cavity 11.
- the high-frequency acceleration voltage output from the high-frequency amplifier 10 is applied to the acceleration cavity 11, and the high-frequency acceleration voltage is applied to the charged particle beam 31 that circulates the synchrotron for acceleration.
- the operation of the deflection electromagnet control unit 20 and the quadrupole electromagnet control unit 23 for controlling the deflection electromagnet 15 and the quadrupole electromagnet 17 will be described.
- a deflection electromagnet pattern for the deflection electromagnet 15 is transmitted from the computer 1 and stored in advance.
- the deflection electromagnet pattern is a pattern of a control input of the deflection electromagnet corresponding to each cycle of the electromagnet clock clkm, that is, a set current value pattern.
- the pattern memory 12 outputs the deflection electromagnet pattern data of the deflection electromagnet 15 to the pattern output device 13 for the deflection electromagnet 15.
- the quadrupole electromagnet pattern for the quadrupole electromagnet 17 is transmitted in advance from the computer 1 and stored in the pattern memory 21 for the quadrupole electromagnet 17 in advance.
- the quadrupole electromagnet pattern is a control input of the quadrupole electromagnet corresponding to each cycle of the electromagnet clock clkm, that is, a set current value pattern.
- the pattern memory 21 outputs the quadrupole electromagnet pattern data of the quadrupole electromagnet 17 to the pattern output unit 22 for the quadrupole electromagnet 17.
- the electromagnet pattern memories 12 and 21 When the electromagnet clock clkm is input, the electromagnet pattern memories 12 and 21 output the pattern output devices 13 and 22 as they are.
- the pattern output units 13 and 22 output data of set current values corresponding to the electromagnet power supply 14 for the deflection electromagnet and the electromagnet power supply 16 for the quadrupole electromagnet, respectively. Data of the set current value output from the pattern output units 13 and 22 is input to the electromagnet power source 14 and the electromagnet power source 16.
- Each of the electromagnet power supply 14 and the electromagnet power supply 16 outputs a control current corresponding to the set current value data, and is energized to the deflection electromagnet 15 and the quadrupole electromagnet 17.
- the charged particle beam 31 is controlled so that it is given a magnetic field from the deflecting electromagnet 15 and goes around a predetermined trajectory in the vacuum duct 24 and is given a magnetic field from the quadrupole electromagnet 17 to have a predetermined beam size.
- the electromagnets such as the electromagnet power supply 14 and the electromagnet power supply 16 are coils having an iron core, these electromagnets often have a reactance component having a large time constant, and electromagnets such as a deflection electromagnet pattern and a quadrupole electromagnet pattern. Even if the data of the set current value of the pattern changes stepwise at a cycle of 3 kHz, the energization current (control current) from the electromagnet power supply 14 or the electromagnet power supply 16 to the corresponding electromagnet is abrupt like the acceleration cavity 11. It is not a change but a moderately smooth change.
- the charged particle accelerator 54 matches the change timing of the high-frequency acceleration voltage subjected to the complementary processing with respect to the acceleration cavity 11 and the change in the energization current of the deflection electromagnet 15 and the quadrupole electromagnet 17 with high accuracy. That is, by synchronizing, stable beam acceleration can be realized.
- the acceleration cavity clock clka is 150 kHz and the electromagnet clock clkm is 3 kHz, and 20 sets of the acceleration cavity pattern and the electromagnet pattern are transferred from the computer 1 to the high-frequency controller 19, the deflection electromagnet controller 20, and the quadrupole electromagnet controller 23.
- the data transfer time is about 4 seconds, for example.
- the charged particle accelerator 54 according to the first embodiment controls the acceleration cavity 11 based on the pulse input of the 1.2 MHz FR clock clkfr and the frequency data output at each output timing from the pattern memory 5.
- the charged particle accelerator of Patent Document 1 that operates the acceleration cavity and the electromagnet only by the T clock to be compared (the charged particle accelerator to be compared)
- the data transfer time can be estimated as follows.
- the data transfer time in the charged particle accelerator to be compared is a long time of about 8 minutes per operating parameter.
- the data transfer time in the charged particle accelerator to be compared is a long time of about 8 minutes per operating parameter.
- the data transfer time in the charged particle accelerator to be compared is a long time of about 8 minutes per operating parameter.
- the number of patients who can perform particle beam therapy per day is significantly reduced.
- even when the method of downloading the pattern data to be used for treatment in advance is being implemented, some trouble occurs and the acceleration cavity pattern and electromagnet pattern are again displayed on the charged particle accelerator.
- Even in the case of transfer it takes a long time of about 8 minutes per one operating parameter, and the patient is placed on the patient stand by waiting for the patient to be positioned again, so that the particle beam therapy is stagnated. A problem occurs.
- the data transfer time in the charged particle accelerator 54 of the first embodiment is about 4 seconds, and when the patient changes or when the acceleration cavity pattern and the electromagnetic pattern due to trouble are retransferred.
- the data transfer time is about 4 seconds, and the number of patients who can perform particle beam therapy per day does not decrease significantly, and the problem that particle beam therapy stagnates does not occur. Therefore, the particle beam therapy system 51 including the charged particle accelerator 54 according to the first embodiment can significantly shorten the data transfer time of the acceleration cavity pattern and the electromagnet pattern as compared with the prior art, and can efficiently perform the particle beam therapy. it can.
- the charged particle accelerator 54 sets the acceleration cavity clock clka and the electromagnet clock clkm to different frequencies in synchronization with each other, thereby reducing the data amount of the electromagnet pattern such as the deflection electromagnet pattern and the quadrupole electromagnet pattern. Can be reduced. Therefore, the total data amount of the acceleration cavity pattern and the electromagnet pattern can be reduced, and the pattern data communication time from the computer 1 to the pattern memories 5, 12, 21 can be shortened.
- the accelerating cavity clock clka and the electromagnet clock clkm are generated by dividing each of them from the reference clock. However, the accelerating cavity clock clka is generated by dividing the reference clock to generate the electromagnet.
- the clock clkm may be generated by dividing the acceleration cavity clock clka.
- the charged particle accelerator 54 of the first embodiment generates an FR clock clkfr having a higher frequency from the acceleration cavity clock clka, and is stored in the pattern memory 5 for the acceleration cavity 11 by the pattern output unit 7 for the acceleration cavity 11.
- the amount of data of the acceleration cavity pattern can be reduced.
- the charged particle accelerator 54 of the first embodiment energizes the corresponding electromagnet from the electromagnet power supply 14 or the electromagnet power supply 16 even when the data amount of the electromagnet pattern such as the deflection electromagnet pattern or the quadrupole electromagnet pattern is reduced. Since the current changes moderately smoothly, stable beam acceleration can be realized by synchronizing the change in the high-frequency acceleration voltage and the change in the energization current of the deflection electromagnet 15 and the quadrupole electromagnet 17. Further, even when the data amount of the acceleration cavity pattern is reduced, an acceleration cavity operation pattern with higher time resolution than the acceleration cavity pattern is generated, and a high frequency acceleration voltage is applied to the acceleration cavity 11 based on the acceleration cavity operation pattern. Since this is applied, the change in the high-frequency acceleration voltage can be synchronized with the change in the energization current of the deflection electromagnet 15 and the quadrupole electromagnet 17, and stable beam acceleration can be realized.
- the charged particle accelerator 54 according to the first embodiment generates the acceleration cavity clock clka and the electromagnet clock clkm from only the T clock. This can be simplified compared to the conventional case. Further, the charged particle accelerator 54 of the first embodiment is different from the charged particle accelerator of Patent Document 1 in which the acceleration cavity and the electromagnet are operated only by the T clock, and thus the total data amount of the acceleration cavity pattern and the electromagnet pattern is reduced. The data management of the acceleration cavity pattern and the electromagnet pattern becomes easier than before, and the data communication mechanism between the computer 1 and the high frequency control unit 19, the deflection electromagnet control unit 20, and the quadrupole electromagnet control unit 23 is also easier than before. It can be simplified.
- the vacuum duct 24 that allows the charged particle beam 31 to pass through, the acceleration cavity 11 that accelerates the charged particle beam 31 that passes through the vacuum duct 24, and the charge that passes through the vacuum duct 24.
- a deflection electromagnet 15 that deflects the particle beam 31 and an accelerator controller 25 that controls the acceleration cavity 11 and the deflection magnet 15 are provided.
- the accelerator controller 25 is synchronized with the acceleration cavity clock clka and the acceleration cavity clock clka.
- a clock generator 18 that generates an electromagnetic clock clkm having a frequency lower than that of the acceleration cavity clock clka, and a high frequency that controls the acceleration cavity 11 based on the acceleration cavity pattern stored in the first pattern memory 5 and the acceleration cavity clock clka.
- the control unit 19 and the deflecting electromagnet 15 are stored in the second pattern memory 12.
- the deflection electromagnet controller 20 controls the deflection electromagnet pattern and the electromagnet clock clkm, so that the deflection electromagnet pattern can have a smaller amount of data than the acceleration cavity pattern, and the communication time of pattern data to the accelerator can be shortened. can do.
- the charged particle beam 31 is generated, the charged particle beam 31 is accelerated by the charged particle accelerator 54, and the charge accelerated by the charged particle accelerator 54.
- the charged particle accelerator 31 includes a beam transport system 59 that transports the particle beam 31 and a particle beam irradiation device 58 that irradiates the irradiation target 45 with the charged particle beam 31 transported by the beam transport system 59.
- a vacuum duct 24 that passes through the vacuum duct 24, an acceleration cavity 11 that accelerates the charged particle beam 31 that passes through the vacuum duct 24, a deflection electromagnet 15 that deflects the charged particle beam 31 that passes through the vacuum duct 24, and the acceleration cavity 11 and the deflection electromagnet.
- An accelerator controller 25 that controls the accelerator 15, the accelerator controller 25 includes an acceleration cavity clock clka and an acceleration sky.
- the clock generator 18 that generates an electromagnetic clock clkm that is synchronized with the clock clka and has a frequency lower than that of the acceleration cavity clock clka, and the acceleration cavity 11 and the acceleration cavity clock clka stored in the first pattern memory 5
- the high-frequency control unit 19 that controls based on the deflection electromagnet 15 and the deflection electromagnet control unit 20 that controls the deflection electromagnet 15 based on the deflection electromagnet pattern stored in the second pattern memory 12 and the electromagnet clock clkm.
- the electromagnet pattern can reduce the amount of data compared to the acceleration cavity pattern, and can shorten the communication time of the pattern data to the accelerator. Therefore, the particle beam therapy system 51 including the charged particle accelerator 54 according to the first embodiment can significantly reduce the data transfer time of the acceleration cavity pattern and the electromagnet pattern as compared with the prior art, so that the particle beam therapy can be performed efficiently. Can do.
- the FR clock generator 6 calculates the period of the acceleration cavity clock clka and generates the FR clock clkfr by increasing the frequency so as to be a predetermined increase constant (integer) times the acceleration cavity clock clka.
- the reference clock may be divided to generate the FR clock clkfr.
- FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of a charged particle accelerator according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the charged particle accelerator 54 of the second embodiment is different from the charged particle accelerator 54 of the first embodiment in that the FR clock generator 6 is deleted and the frequency of the acceleration cavity clock clka and the acceleration cavity pattern stored in the pattern memory 5 are the same.
- the amount of frequency data is different.
- an example in which the output frequency of the frequency data described in the first embodiment is the same will be described.
- the pattern output unit 7 outputs the frequency data of the acceleration cavity pattern to the synthesizer 8 using the 1.2 MHz FR clock clkfr. Therefore, in the second embodiment, the frequency divider 3 generates the 1.2 MHz accelerated cavity clock clka. Specifically, in the second embodiment, a 12 MHz reference clock is generated, and the frequency divider 3 divides the 12 MHz reference clock generated by the clock oscillator 2 and is a 1/100 times 1.2 MHz acceleration cavity. A clock clka is generated. As described in the first embodiment, the acceleration cavity clock clka and the electromagnet clock clkm are both generated by dividing one reference clock, and the respective frequencies can be an integral multiple of 1.2 MHz and 3 kHz. Because of this configuration, the clock is synchronized.
- an acceleration cavity pattern for the acceleration cavity 11 is transmitted from the computer 1 in advance and stored.
- the acceleration cavity pattern is sequentially output in accordance with the acceleration cavity clock clka of 1.2 MHz.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of data output of the acceleration cavity pattern according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the horizontal axis represents time
- the vertical axis represents the set frequency of the acceleration cavity control signal.
- the points indicated by black circles correspond to the frequency data stored in the pattern memory 5.
- the pattern output unit 7 outputs data f1 from the acceleration cavity pattern stored in the pattern memory 5 at time t1.
- the pattern output device 7 outputs data f2, f3, f4, and f5 at t2, t3, t4, and t5, respectively.
- the acceleration cavity pattern is output so as to obtain frequency data determined at the timing determined in this way, that is, the pulse input timing of the acceleration cavity clock clka.
- the pattern memory 5 sequentially outputs the acceleration cavity pattern data to the pattern output unit 7.
- the pattern output unit 7 outputs the frequency data of the acceleration cavity pattern to the synthesizer 8.
- the synthesizer 8 outputs a high frequency signal having a frequency indicated by the frequency data to the AM modulator 9 based on the frequency data.
- the AM modulator 9 performs AM modulation by multiplying the output of a voltage pattern (not shown) and the high frequency signal output from the synthesizer 8, and outputs the AM modulated high frequency signal to the high frequency amplifier 10.
- the high frequency amplifier 10 amplifies the AM modulated high frequency signal which has been AM modulated and outputs the amplified signal to the acceleration cavity 11.
- the high-frequency acceleration voltage output from the high-frequency amplifier 10 is applied to the acceleration cavity 11, and the high-frequency acceleration voltage is applied to the charged particle beam 31 that circulates the synchrotron for acceleration.
- the operations of the deflection electromagnet control unit 20 and the quadrupole electromagnet control unit 23 that control the deflection electromagnet 15 and the quadrupole electromagnet 17 are the same as those in the first embodiment.
- the data transfer time from the computer 1 to the high frequency control unit 19, the deflection electromagnet control unit 20, and the quadrupole electromagnet control unit 23 is compared with the charged particle accelerator 54 of the first embodiment.
- the acceleration cavity clock clka is 150 kHz and the electromagnet clock clkm is 3 kHz, and 20 sets of the acceleration cavity pattern and the electromagnet pattern are transferred from the computer 1 to the high-frequency controller 19,
- the data transfer time is about 4 seconds.
- the acceleration cavity clock clka is 1.2 MHz, and the acceleration cavity clock clka is eight times that of the first embodiment.
- the data amount of the deflection electromagnet pattern of Embodiment 1 is A
- the data transfer time in the charged particle accelerator 54 of the second embodiment takes longer than that of the first embodiment, the data transfer time can be shortened compared to about 8 minutes of the data transfer time in the charged particle accelerator to be compared.
- the data transfer time in the charged particle accelerator 54 of the second embodiment is about 24 seconds, which is not significantly longer than the patient positioning time.
- the data transfer time is about 24 seconds even when the patient changes or when the accelerating cavity pattern and the electromagnetic pattern due to a trouble are retransferred.
- the number of patients that can be performed is not significantly reduced, and the problem of stagnation of particle beam therapy does not occur. Therefore, the particle beam therapy system including the charged particle accelerator 54 according to the second embodiment can significantly reduce the data transfer time of the acceleration cavity pattern and the electromagnet pattern as compared with the prior art, and can perform the particle beam therapy efficiently. .
- the charged particle accelerator 54 reduces the data amount of the electromagnet pattern such as the deflection electromagnet pattern and the quadrupole electromagnet pattern by setting the accelerating cavity clock clka and the electromagnet clock clkm to different frequencies. Can be reduced. Therefore, the total data amount of the acceleration cavity pattern and the electromagnet pattern can be reduced, and the pattern data communication time to the computer accelerator can be shortened.
- the charged particle accelerator 54 can reduce the data amount of the electromagnet pattern such as the deflection electromagnet pattern and the quadrupole electromagnet pattern, and can reduce the electromagnet power supply 14 and the electromagnet. Since the energization current to the electromagnet corresponding to the power supply 16 and the like changes moderately smoothly, a stable beam can be obtained by synchronizing the change in the high-frequency acceleration voltage and the energization current in the deflection electromagnet 15 and the quadrupole electromagnet 17. Acceleration can be realized.
- the computer 1 is described as being installed in addition to the irradiation control computer 39. However, even if the irradiation control computer 39 performs the processing of the computer 1 without providing the computer 1, Good.
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図1は、本発明の実施の形態1による荷電粒子加速器の構成を示す図である。図2は本発明の実施の形態1による粒子線治療装置の概略構成図であり、図3は本発明の実施の形態1による粒子線照射装置の構成を示す図である。図2において、粒子線治療装置51は、ビーム発生装置52と、ビーム輸送系59と、粒子線照射装置58a、58bとを備える。ビーム発生装置52は、イオン源(図示せず)と、前段加速器53と、荷電粒子加速器54とを有する。粒子線照射装置58bは回転ガントリ(図示せず)に設置される。粒子線照射装置58aは回転ガントリを有しない治療室に設置される。ビーム輸送系59の役割は荷電粒子加速器54と粒子線照射装置58a、58bの連絡にある。ビーム輸送系59の一部は回転ガントリ(図示せず)に設置され、その部分には複数の偏向電磁石55a、55b、55cを有する。
図7は、本発明の実施の形態2による荷電粒子加速器の構成を示す図である。実施の形態2の荷電粒子加速器54は、実施の形態1の荷電粒子加速器54とは、FRクロック生成器6が削除され、加速空洞クロックclkaの周波数、パターンメモリ5に格納される加速空洞パターンの周波数データ量が異なる。ここでは、実施の形態1で説明した周波数データの出力頻度が同じ場合の例で説明する。
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- 粒子線照射装置により照射対象に照射する荷電粒子ビームを加速する荷電粒子加速器であって、
前記荷電粒子ビームを通過させる真空ダクトと、前記真空ダクトを通過する前記荷電粒子ビームを加速する加速空洞と、前記真空ダクトを通過する前記荷電粒子ビームを偏向する偏向電磁石と、前記加速空洞及び前記偏向電磁石を制御する加速器制御装置と、を備え、
前記加速器制御装置は、
加速空洞クロック及び、前記加速空洞クロックに同期すると共に前記加速空洞クロックよりも周波数の低い電磁石クロックを生成するクロック生成部と、
前記加速空洞を、第1のパターンメモリに格納された加速空洞パターン及び前記加速空洞クロックに基づいて制御する高周波制御部と、
前記偏向電磁石を、第2のパターンメモリに格納された偏向電磁石パターン及び前記電磁石クロックに基づいて制御する偏向電磁石制御部と、を有することを特徴とする荷電粒子加速器。 - 前記クロック生成部は、
前記加速空洞クロック及び前記電磁石クロックを生成するための基準クロックを生成するクロック発振器と、
前記基準クロックを分周し、前記加速空洞クロックを生成する第1の分周器と、
前記基準クロックを分周し、前記電磁石クロックを生成する第2の分周器と、を有することを特徴とする請求項1記載の荷電粒子加速器。 - 前記クロック生成部は、前記電磁石クロックの周波数の整数倍にした周波数の前記加速空洞クロックを生成することを特徴とする請求項1または2に記載の荷電粒子加速器。
- 前記高周波制御部は、前記加速空洞パターンの格納周波数データが出力されるパターン設定時刻間において、所定の補完時間毎に所定の補完差分周波数だけ変化させた補完周波数データを生成し、前記格納周波数データ及び前記補完周波数データに基づいて前記加速空洞を制御することを特徴とする請求項1乃至3のいずれか1項に記載の荷電粒子加速器。
- 前記高周波制御部は、連続する2つの前記パターン設定時刻における前記格納周波数データのそれぞれを、線形補完処理を実施することにより前記補完周波数データを生成することを特徴とする請求項4記載の荷電粒子加速器。
- 前記高周波制御部は、
前記加速空洞クロックに同期すると共に、前記補完時間毎にパルスが形成されたFRクロックを生成するFRクロック生成器と、
前記FRクロックが入力される度に、前記格納周波数データまたは前記補完周波数データを出力するパターン出力器と、を有することを特徴とする請求項4または5に記載の荷電粒子加速器。 - 前記FRクロック生成器は、前記加速空洞クロックの周期を算出し、前記加速空洞クロックを所定の増加定数により整数倍するように前記FRクロックを生成することを特徴とする請求項6記載の荷電粒子加速器。
- 前記FRクロック生成器は、前記基準クロックまたは前記加速空洞クロックから前記FRクロックを生成することを特徴とする請求項6記載の荷電粒子加速器。
- 前記FRクロック生成器は、前記加速空洞クロックの周波数の整数倍にした周波数の前記FRクロックを生成することを特徴とする請求項8記載の荷電粒子加速器。
- 荷電粒子ビームを発生させ、この荷電粒子ビームを荷電粒子加速器で加速させるビーム発生装置と、前記荷電粒子加速器により加速された荷電粒子ビームを輸送するビーム輸送系と、前記ビーム輸送系で輸送された荷電粒子ビームを照射対象に照射する粒子線照射装置とを備え、
前記荷電粒子加速器は、請求項1乃至9のいずれか1項に記載の荷電粒子加速器であることを特徴とする粒子線治療装置。
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