Development of an irradiation apparatus with catheter transmitting submillimeter wave for living bodies using a gyrotron

A Kagawa Medical University, B Fukui University, C JASCO Corporation,

@T. Tatsukawa,A, A. Doi, A, M. Teranaka, A, H. Takashima,A, T. Idehara,B, I. Ogawa, B and S. Nishizawa,C

　 The development of a submillimeter wave catheter for irradiation on living bodies using a gyrotron as the radiation power source is described.　The GYROTRON FU-IV, optimized for such applications was used in the development. It was operated in CW regime at TE03 mode with a frequency of 302 GHz setting the field of a superconducting magnet on ‾11 T. Irradiation tests were made on beef livers, living rats and a cancer implanted in mice.