An electron beam sterilization device (1) for thin-walled containers (C) is fitted with an input (40) or output unit (60) provided with a swivelling body to bring a set of containers (C) from the outside environment into the sterilization chamber or vice versa, avoiding radioactive emissions from the sterilization chamber.

A sterilization device has a rod-like body which is capable of being introduced through an aperture into an interior space of containers and which acts upon an inner wall of the containers with radiation. A lifting cam produces a movement in a longitudinal direction, of the containers between the containers and the sterilization device in such a way that the containers are capable of being guided over the rod-like body. A movement device is provided which is capable of producing a relative movement in the longitudinal direction of the containers between the rod-like body and the lifting cam and of altering a relative distance between the lifting cam and the rod-like body.

A sterilization device has a rod-like body which is capable of being introduced through an aperture into an interior space of containers and which acts upon an inner wall of the containers with radiation. A lifting cam produces a movement in a longitudinal direction, of the containers between the containers and the sterilization device in such a way that the containers are capable of being guided over the rod-like body. A movement device is provided which is capable of producing a relative movement in the longitudinal direction of the containers between the rod-like body and the lifting cam and of altering a relative distance between the lifting cam and the rod-like body.

Provided is a target transport system which is advantageous in simplifying and downsizing a configuration in production of radio-isotopes using an accelerator and in which components are hardly affected to be damaged by radiation. The target transport system includes: a transport pipeline through which a target body is transported; a target holding part that holds the target body and allows the target body to be irradiated with particle beams; and a pump, the transport pipeline, and a target entry port that transport the target body to the target holding part by a cooling water. The pump, the transport pipeline, and the target entry port cause the cooling water to flow in the transport direction, and the target body is recovered from the transport pipeline by the cooling water.

A laser irradiation device may include: a laser device configured to emit a pulse laser beam; beam scan optics configured to allocate the pulse laser beam emitted from the laser device to optical paths; beam homogenizers provided in the respective optical paths, each of the beam homogenizers being configured to homogenize distribution of light intensity of the pulse laser beam allocated to a corresponding optical path of the optical paths; and a controller configured to control the beam scan optics to allocate, for each pulse, the pulse laser beam emitted from the laser device to the corresponding optical path of the optical paths.

A laser irradiation device may include: a laser device configured to emit a pulse laser beam; beam scan optics configured to allocate the pulse laser beam emitted from the laser device to optical paths; beam homogenizers provided in the respective optical paths, each of the beam homogenizers being configured to homogenize distribution of light intensity of the pulse laser beam allocated to a corresponding optical path of the optical paths; and a controller configured to control the beam scan optics to allocate, for each pulse, the pulse laser beam emitted from the laser device to the corresponding optical path of the optical paths.

A sample transfer system for nuclear irradiation and a method of automatically irradiating sample containers is disclosed. The sample transfer system includes a conduit which may define a passage for transferring a plurality of sample containers, an input assembly which may be configured to allow the plurality of sample containers to pass through the conduit in a predefined order, and an exposure assembly which may be configured to receive the sample containers via the conduit and rotate the sample containers in front of a radiation source.

The invention comprises a method and apparatus for treating a tumor of a patient with charged particles, comprising the step of developing a multi-modality treatment plan, the multi-modality treatment plan directing: (1) use of a first beam type to treat a first volume of the tumor, the first beam type a first mass per particle and (2) use of a second beam type to treat a second volume of the tumor, the second beam type comprising a second mass per particle, where the second mass per particle is at least ten percent different than the first mass per particle and the second volume differs from the first volume. The multi-modality treatment plan is optionally formed by selectively merging treatment plans using the respective particle types or is developed using properties of the multiple particle types.

The invention comprises a method and apparatus for treating a tumor of a patient with charged particles, comprising the step of developing a multi-modality treatment plan, the multi-modality treatment plan directing: (1) use of a first beam type to treat a first volume of the tumor, the first beam type a first mass per particle and (2) use of a second beam type to treat a second volume of the tumor, the second beam type comprising a second mass per particle, where the second mass per particle is at least ten percent different than the first mass per particle and the second volume differs from the first volume. The multi-modality treatment plan is optionally formed by selectively merging treatment plans using the respective particle types or is developed using properties of the multiple particle types.

Provided is a contactless internal measurement device including an electromagnetic wave irradiation unit that irradiates an electromagnetic wave to a measurement subject, and an electromagnetic wave receiver that detects the electromagnetic wave reflected by the measurement subject. The electromagnetic wave irradiation unit is disposed to reduce a polarization component of the electromagnetic wave detected by the electromagnetic wave receiver, the polarization component being the same as a polarization component of the electromagnetic wave irradiated by the electromagnetic wave irradiation unit.