Laboratory of Quantum Beam Science and Medical Engineering
Research Group of Quantum Engineering for Life Science and Medicine
Division of Applied Quantum Science and Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University

4/23 The article by 1stAuthor Associate professor Miyamoto, N. , 2ndAuthor Yokokawa, K.(PD) has been published in Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics: ”Dynamic gating window technique for the reduction of dosimetric error in respiratory-gated spot-scanning particle therapy __ An initial phantom study using patient tumor trajectory data”.

3/20 Hirayama, T.(D3) has been published in Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics:”Difference in LET-based biological doses between IMPT optimization techniques: robust and PTV-based optimizations”

12/6-12/8 Assistant Professor Tanaka, S. presented ”Development of Gated Proton Imaging System for Moving Target” at ESTRO meets Asia 2019.

11/6 Kasamatu, K. (M2) presented “Dependence of the Sub-Lethal Damage Repair Rate on LET in Proton Irradiation : An Initial Study” at 5th Hokkaido University Cross-Departmental Symposium.

Yokokawa, K.(D3/PD) has been published in Physica Medica: ”A new SOBP-formation method by superposing specially shaped Bragg curves formed by a mini-ridge filter for spot scanning in proton beam therapy”

9/12-9/15 Uesaka, T.(M2) presented “Proton beam range verification based on the gold marker acoustic resonance method: an initial study using FFAG” , Otuka, Y.(M2) presented “Image quality evaluation for four-dimensional cone-beam CT reconstruction using orthogonal X-ray imaging system on a gantry for proton beam therapy” ,Kasamatu, K.(M2) presented “Dependence of the Sub-Lethal Damage Repair Rate on LET in Proton Irradiation : An Initial Study” and Saitou, S.(M2) presented “Numerical Simulations for Soft Error Phenomena in Semiconductor Devices in Spot-Scanning Proton Therapy” at The 118th Scientific Meeting of the Japan Society of Medical Physics.

8/19 Uesaka, T.(M2) was selected for Best Poster Awards (Silver Award) at The 7th GI-CoRE Medical Science and Engineering Symposium FLASH, MBA, &4DRT.

8/18-8/19 Uesaka, T.(M2) presented “Proton beam range verification based on the acoustic resonance method using a gold marker: an initial study using FFAG” and Kasamatu, K.(M2) presented ”SLD repair impact on prolonged proton irradiation with various biological parameters” at The 7th GI-CoRE Medical Science and Engineering Symposium FLASH, MBA, &4DRT

Uwano, K. (graduate) has been published in Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics:” Physical and biological impacts of collimator-scattered protons in spot-scanning proton therapy”.

6/10-6/15 Assistant Professor Tanaka, S. presented ”Quantitative evaluation method for metal artifact in virtual monochromatic CT image” and Takayanagi, T. (D2)presented ”Development of a proton range-verification method using ionoacoustic waves generated from spherical metal markers” at 58th Annual Conference of the Particle Therapy Co-operative Group (PTCOG58).