Abstract:
Provided is a method for measuring a depth profile of a particle beam, the method including providing first sensors in a first direction in auditory organs of a human body, providing second sensors in a second direction that intersects with the first direction on a top of a head and in a mouth of the human body, providing a particle beam into the head of the human body, detecting an acoustic signal generated by the particle beam through the first and second sensors, and calculating a depth profile of the first and second directions of the particle beam corresponding to a Bragg peak position of the particle beam in the head using the acoustic signal.
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a sample analyzer and an analyzing method thereof. The sample analyzer includes a first beam source configured to provide a first energy beam to a sample, a second beam source configured to provide a second energy beam, which is different from the first energy beam, to the sample, a reflected beam sensor disposed between the second beam source and the sample to detect a reflected beam of the second energy beam, which is reflected by one side of the sample, and a transmitted beam sensor disposed adjacent to the other side of the sample to detect a transmitted beam of the second energy beam.
Abstract:
Provided is an ion beam treatment apparatus including the target. The ion beam treatment apparatus includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface, and including a cone type hole decreasing in width from the first surface to the second surface to pass through the substrate, wherein an inner wall of the substrate defining the cone type hole is formed of a metal, an ion generation thin film attached to the second surface to generate ions by a laser beam incident into the cone type hole through the first surface and strengthen, and a laser that emits a laser beam to generate ions from the ion generation thin film and project the ions onto a tumor portion of a patient. The laser beam incident into the cone type hole is focused by the cone type hole and is strengthened.
Abstract:
Provided is an ion beam treatment apparatus. The treatment apparatus includes a target for generating positive ions including a thin film for generating positive ions and nanowires disposed on at least one side of the thin film for generating positive ions, and a laser for emitting a laser beam incident on nanowires to project positive ions to a tumor region of a patient by generating the positive ions from the thin film for generating positive ions. Each of the nanowires may include a metal nanocore and a polymer shell surrounding the metal nanocore. The laser beam incident on the nanowires forms surface plasmon resonance, a near field having an intensity enhanced more than an intensity of the laser beam is formed by the surface plasmon resonance, and the positive ions are emitted from the thin film for generating positive ions by the near field.
Abstract:
Provided is an apparatus for generating a proton beam, which includes a laser system providing a laser pulse, a target generating a proton beam by using the laser pulse, and a phase conversion plate disposed between the laser system as a light source and the target to convert the laser pulse into a circularly polarized laser pulse having a spiral shape.
Abstract:
Provided is an analysis apparatus for a high energy particle and an analysis method for a high energy particle. The analysis apparatus for the high energy particle includes a scintillator generating photons with each unique wavelength by the impinging with a plurality of kinds of accelerated high energy particles, a parallel beam converting unit making the photons proceed in parallel to one another, a diffraction grating panel making the photons proceeding in parallel to one another enter at a certain angle, and refracting the photons at different angles depending on each unique wavelength, and a plurality of sensing units arranged on positions where the photons refracted at different angles from the diffraction grating panel reach in a state of being spatially separated, and detecting each of the photons.
Abstract:
Provided are a treatment apparatus using proton and ultrasound and a method for treating cancer using the same. The treatment apparatus includes a proton generator configured to emit a proton beam to a tumor of a human body, an ultrasound generator configured to emit an ultrasonic beam to the tumor in a direction crossing an emission path of the proton beam, and a sensor configured to measure an acoustic signal generated during the emission of the proton beam.
Abstract:
There is provided a device for generating a heavy-ion beam. The device includes a laser beam generating unit configured to generate a laser beam; a target configured to generate a heavy-ion beam by the laser beam; a laser optical system configured to focus the laser beam on the front of the target; and a plasma treating unit disposed at a rear surface of the target and configured to remove impurities within the target by plasma surface treatment that is performed by radiating cationic plasma onto the rear surface of the target.