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The Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory (HCL) operated from 1949 to 2002. It was most notable for its contributions to the development of proton therapy. The Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory was built with office of Naval Research funds between 1946 and 1949 to replace an earlier, lower energy, cyclotron that was sent to Los Alamos for use in the Manhattan Project.〔Richard Wilson, "A Brief History of the Harvard University Cyclotrons", Harvard University Press, 2004〕 Until 1961, the laboratory primarily performed experiments in physics.The lab performed research and development in particle physics (including ''particle detectors'' development and testing), activation analysis, radiobiology, and solid state physics. The use of proton particle accelerators for external beam radiotherapy was largely developed at this facility in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory )〕 From 1961 to its closing, the HCL provided proton therapy to over 9,000 patients.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Proton Beam Neurosurgery: Neurosurgical Service )〕 After 1974, "almost 3,000" patients were treated for ocular (eye) diseases. By the time the lab closed in 2002, its proton therapy treatments had been transferred to The ''Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center )〕 (then the ''Northeast Proton Therapy Center'') at Massachusetts General Hospital.〔 ==See also== * List of accelerators in particle physics 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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