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. 2019 Dec 11;61(1):146–160. doi: 10.1093/jrr/rrz077

Table 5. Number of treatment devices and their functions by scale classification.

Treatment devices and their functions Scale category (number of institutions) Total (709)
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
(X-ray perspective image)
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.