Table 5. Number of treatment devices and their functions by scale classification.
Treatment devices and their functions | Scale category (number of institutions) | Total (709) | |||||
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A (132) | B (219) | C (136) | D (82) | E (48) | F (92) | ||
LINAC | 127 | 215 | 139 | 109 | 76 | 198 | 864 |
With dual energy function | 75 | 157 | 111 | 89 | 61 | 158 | 651 |
With 3DCRT function (MLC width ≤ 1.0 cm) | 93 | 177 | 125 | 102 | 70 | 192 | 759 |
With IMRT function | 28 | 79 | 72 | 78 | 51 | 158 | 466 |
With cone beam CT or CT on rail | 24 | 65 | 65 | 59 | 37 | 99 | 349 |
With treatment position verification system | 29 | 54 | 60 | 54 | 38 | 88 | 323 |
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With treatment position verification system (other than those above) | 26 | 61 | 38 | 42 | 18 | 72 | 257 |
Annual no. patients/LINAC | 77.7 | 171.8 | 281.0 | 315.3 | 349.0 | 399.3 | 261.4 |
CyberKnife® | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
Novalis® | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 35 |
Tomotherapy® | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 |
Particle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
Microtoron | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Telecobalt (actual use) | 0 (0) | 2 (0) | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (0) |
Gamma Knife® | 4 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 44 |
Other accelerator | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Other external irradiation device | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
New type 60Co RALS (actual use) | 0 (0) | 4 (3) | 6 (6) | 3 (2) | 5 (5) | 4 (4) | 22 (20) |
Old type 60Co RALS (actual use) | 0 (0) | 4 (1) | 3 (1) | 0 (0) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 9 (3) |
192Ir RALS (actual use) | 1 (0) | 7 (7) | 13 (13) | 25 (23) | 19 (19) | 69 (68) | 134 (130) |
137Cs RALS (actual use) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) |
LINAC = linear accelerator, 3DCRT = 3D conformal radiotherapy, MLC = multileaf collimator, IMRT = intensity-modulated radiotherapy, CT = computed tomography, Co = cobalt, RALS = remote-controlled after-loading system, Ir = iridium, Cs = Caesium.