Title: Personal experience during the clinical commissioning of a BNCT facility and future prospects
With great joy, we would like to invite you to the First BNCT International Webinar. Our First speaker will be Naonori Hu, Medical Physicist from the Kansai BNCT Medical Center, Japan. The webinar will be held virtually (zoom platform), on Friday 1 st December at 10 UTC. It will be a 45-minute webinar: 30 minutes exposition + 15 minutes discussion. We will have to stick to the time because participants will be from all over the World!
Title: Personal experience during the clinical commissioning of a BNCT facility and future prospects
Name: Naonori Hu
Title: Medical Physicist (University Lecturer)
Abstract:
Commissioning a totally new system for the purpose of treating patients with cancer is a daunting task. There is very little information out there and the road ahead is yet to be paved. Every decision made, whether it be good or bad, will become some guidance for the next generation. Here, I will present my personal experience during the commissioning process of the accelerator-based BNCT system and hopefully be of some use to those thinking about starting clinical BNCT. The road I’ve paved may be rocky and ugly, but hopefully the next generation will smooth out the bumps and provide a much thorough and structured process.
Biosketch:
After obtaining his master’s degree in science at the University of Wollongong in Australia, he began working as a medical physicist at the Canberra Hospital. After 6 years of clinical experience, he enrolled into a Ph.D. degree at Kyoto University, department of Nuclear Engineering, where he began his research in BNCT. After obtaining his Ph.D., he began working at the Kansai BNCT Medical Center at the Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University. He commissioned the cyclotron-based neutron source forclinical use and is currently performing ongoing research in BNCT.