There is provided a charged particle beam treatment planning device that creates a treatment plan and is connected to a charged particle beam irradiation apparatus that includes a scanning electromagnet, which scans a charged particle beam, and a degrader, which adjusts a range of the charged partic
There is provided a charged particle beam treatment planning device that creates a treatment plan and is connected to a charged particle beam irradiation apparatus that includes a scanning electromagnet, which scans a charged particle beam, and a degrader, which adjusts a range of the charged particle beam by reducing the energy of the charged particle beam, and irradiates an irradiation object with the charged particle beam. The charged particle beam treatment planning device includes a control unit that adjusts the dose of the charged particle beam, which is irradiated to a predetermined position of the irradiation object, on the basis of a passing distance of the charged particle beam within the degrader calculated using a deflection angle of the charged particle beam.
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1. A charged particle beam treatment planning device that creates a treatment plan and is connected to a charged particle beam irradiation apparatus that includes a scanning electromagnet, which scans a charged particle beam, and a degrader, which adjusts a range of the charged particle beam by redu
1. A charged particle beam treatment planning device that creates a treatment plan and is connected to a charged particle beam irradiation apparatus that includes a scanning electromagnet, which scans a charged particle beam, and a degrader, which adjusts a range of the charged particle beam by reducing energy of the charged particle beam, and irradiates an irradiation object with the charged particle beam, the device comprising: a control unit that adjusts a dose of the charged particle beam, which is irradiated to a predetermined position of the irradiation object, on the basis of a passing distance of the charged particle beam within the degrader calculated using a deflection angle of the charged particle beam. 2. The charged particle beam treatment planning device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit includes a dose distribution calculation section that calculates a dose distribution of the charged particle beam irradiated to the irradiation object, andthe dose distribution calculation section calculates the dose distribution of the charged particle beam irradiated to the irradiation object by adding the dose of the charged particle beam irradiated to the predetermined position to a dose of the charged particle beam, which is irradiated to another position of the irradiation object on a more upstream side than the predetermined position in an irradiation direction of the charged particle beam, on the basis of the passing distance of the charged particle beam within the degrader. 3. The charged particle beam treatment planning device according to claim 2, wherein the control unit includes a layer setting section that virtually divides the irradiation object into a plurality of layers along the irradiation direction of the charged particle beam,the layer setting section sets a distance between the layers to β, andwhen an amount of decrease in the range of the charged particle beam due to a change of the passing distance when irradiating the charged particle beam to the predetermined position after deflecting the charged particle beam in one layer with respect to the passing distance when irradiating the charged particle beam without deflecting the charged particle beam in the one layer is greater than β/2, the dose distribution calculation section calculates the dose distribution of the charged particle beam irradiated to the irradiation object by adding the dose of the charged particle beam irradiated to the predetermined position to a dose of the charged particle beam irradiated to another position in another layer located on an upstream side of the one layer. 4. A charged particle beam treatment planning device that creates a treatment plan and is connected to a charged particle beam irradiation apparatus including an irradiation nozzle, in which a scanning electromagnet that scans a charged particle beam and a degrader that is provided on a downstream side of the scanning electromagnet and adjusts a range of the charged particle beam by reducing energy of the charged particle beam are housed, the device comprising: a storage unit that stores a CT image of the irradiation object;a layer setting section that virtually divides the irradiation object into a plurality of layers along an irradiation direction of the charged particle beam on the basis of the CT image stored in the storage unit;an irradiation position setting unit that sets an irradiation position of the charged particle beam in each of the plurality of layers; anda dose distribution calculation unit that, on the basis of a passing distance of the charged particle beam within the degrader when irradiating the charged particle beam to a predetermined irradiation position in a predetermined layer of the plurality of layers, calculates a dose distribution of the charged particle beam irradiated to the irradiation object by adding a dose of the charged particle beam irradiated to the predetermined irradiation position to a dose of the charged particle beam irradiated to an irradiation position in a layer located on a more upstream side in the irradiation object than the predetermined irradiation position in the irradiation direction of the charged particle beam. 5. A charged particle beam treatment planning method for creating a treatment plan for charged particle beam treatment, comprising: calculating a passing distance of a charged particle beam within a degrader, which adjusts a range of the charged particle beam, using a deflection angle of the charged particle beam; andadjusting a dose of the charged particle beam irradiated to a predetermined position of an irradiation object on the basis of the calculated passing distance. 6. The charged particle beam treatment planning method according to claim 5, further comprising: calculating a dose distribution of the charged particle beam irradiated to the irradiation object by adding the dose of the charged particle beam irradiated to the predetermined position to a dose of the charged particle beam, which is irradiated to another position of the irradiation object on a more upstream side than the predetermined position in an irradiation direction of the charged particle beam, on the basis of the calculated passing distance. 7. The charged particle beam treatment planning method according to claim 6, further comprising: virtually dividing the irradiation object into a plurality of layers along the irradiation direction of the charged particle beam every distance β; andwhen an amount of decrease in a range of the charged particle beam due to a change of the passing distance when irradiating the charged particle beam to the predetermined position after deflecting the charged particle beam in one layer with respect to the passing distance when irradiating the charged particle beam without deflecting the charged particle beam in the one layer is greater than β/2, calculating the dose distribution of the charged particle beam irradiated to the irradiation object by adding the dose of the charged particle beam irradiated to the predetermined position to a dose of the charged particle beam irradiated to another position in another layer located on an upstream side of the one layer.
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