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Accelerated particle irradiation equipment is installed in a building having a multi-story structure. The accelerated particle irradiation equipment includes a particle accelerator and an irradiation device. The particle accelerator generates accelerated particles. The irradiation device performs ir

Accelerated particle irradiation equipment is installed in a building having a multi-story structure. The accelerated particle irradiation equipment includes a particle accelerator and an irradiation device. The particle accelerator generates accelerated particles. The irradiation device performs irradiation of the accelerated particles generated by the particle accelerator, and is installed on at least one of the floor above and the floor below the floor on which the particle accelerator is installed.

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1. Particle radiation therapy equipment comprising: a particle accelerator configured to generate accelerated particles;a rotating gantry having a rotating unit and an irradiation unit, the rotating unit is rotatable about a rotation axis, the irradiation unit is disposed on the rotating unit and ir

1. Particle radiation therapy equipment comprising: a particle accelerator configured to generate accelerated particles;a rotating gantry having a rotating unit and an irradiation unit, the rotating unit is rotatable about a rotation axis, the irradiation unit is disposed on the rotating unit and irradiates the accelerated particles;a guide line configured to guide the accelerated particles generated by the particle accelerator to the rotating gantry; anda building having a main building portion and a sub-building portion disposed adjacent to the main building portion in a lateral direction, both the main building portion and the sub-building portion have a multi-story structure with a plurality of stories continuing in a vertical direction with respect to each other, wherein the main building portion has a wall portion which is thicker than that of the sub-building portion,wherein the main building portion has an accelerator chamber and a gantry chamber, the particle accelerator is installed in the accelerator chamber and the rotating gantry is installed in the gantry chamber, the main building portion having the guide line installed therein,wherein the gantry chamber is installed on at least one of upper and lower floors of a floor on which the accelerator chamber is installed, andwherein the sub-building portion includes a power source chamber, and a power-supply equipment is disposed in the power source chamber. 2. The particle radiation therapy equipment according to claim 1, wherein the accelerator chamber is located on a basement floor, and the gantry chamber is located on an aboveground floor. 3. The particle radiation therapy equipment according to claim 2, wherein the gantry chamber is only located on a first floor. 4. The particle radiation therapy equipment according to claim 1, wherein the guide line is only disposed on a virtual plane extending in the vertical direction. 5. The particle radiation therapy equipment according to claim 4, wherein the guide line is connected with the particle accelerator at a terminal portion thereof, is connected with the rotating gantry at another terminal portion thereof, and from the terminal portion to the another terminal portion is only disposed on the virtual plane. 6. The particle radiation therapy equipment according to claim 1, wherein the rotating gantry has an introduction line configured to introduce the accelerated particles guided by the guide line to the irradiation unit, andthe introduction line is curved at an angle of 90° with respect to the rotation axis from a start end portion thereof communicating with the guide line and extends in a radial direction of the rotating unit, is curved at an angle of 135° in a circumferential direction of the rotating unit and extends, and is curved toward an inside in the radial direction at an angle of 135° and communicates with the irradiation unit at a terminal end portion thereof. 7. The particle radiation therapy equipment according to claim 1, wherein the particle accelerator is not installed in the gantry chamber and the rotating gantry is not installed in the accelerator chamber.