YUSA Ken

Heavy Ion Medical Center(Research Institute)Assistant Professor
Last Updated :2026/07/04

■Researcher basic information

Researcher

  • Name

    YUSA Ken

Affiliation

  • Heavy Ion Medical Center(Research Institute), Assistant Professor

Profile and Settings

  • Name

    Yusa, Ken

Affiliation

  • Gunma University, Assistant Professor, Assistant prof lv

Affiliation

  • 所属情報

    Research Center fo Heavy Particle Beam Medicine

Degree

  • Ph.D.

Professional Memberships

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Research History

  • Gunma University Research Center for Heavy Particle Beam Medicine, Others, Others

■Research activity information

Research Areas

  • Medical Physics, Particle Therapy Physics, Carbon-ion Therapy

Research Interests

  • 重粒子

Papers

  • Measurements of total and partial charge-changing cross sections for 200- to 400-MeV/nucleon 12C on water and polycarbonate, T. Toshito / K. Kodama / L. Sihver / YUSA KEN / S. Aoki / T. Ban / T. Fukuda / M. Komatsu / H. Kubota / N. Naganawa / T. Nakamura / T. Nakano / K. Niwa / S. Takahashi / J. Yoshida / H. Yoshida / M. Kanazawa / N. Kanematsu / M. Komori / S. Sato / M. Asai / T. Koi / C. Fukushima / S. Ogawa / M. Shibasaki / H. Shibuya / M. Ozaki / K. Amako / S. Kameoka / K. Murakami / T. Sasaki, No, May 2007, Physical Review C
  • Yes, 2001
  • Three-dimensional velocity mapping of lung motion using vessel bifurcation pattern matching , TASHIRO MUTSUMI / Shinichi Minohara / Tatsuaki Kanai / YUSA KEN / SAKURAI HIDEYUKI / NAKANO TAKASHI, No, Jun. 2006, Medical Physics
  • Charge identification of highly ionizing particles in desensitized nuclear emulsion using high speed read-out system, T. Toshito / K. Kodama / K. Yusa / M. Ozaki / K. Amako / S. Kameoka / K. Murakami / T. Sasaki / S. Aoki / T. Ban / T. Fukuda / N. Naganawa / T. Nakamura / M. Natsume / K. Niwa / S. Takahashi / M. Kanazawa / N. Kanematsu / M. Komori / S. Sato / M. Asai / T. Koi / C. Fukushima / S. Ogawa / M. Shibasaki / H. Shibuya, No, Jan. 2006, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
  • Physical and engineering aspect of carbon beam therapy, Tatsuaki Kanai / Takehiro Tomitani / Nobuyuki Kanematsu / Shinichi Minohara / YUSA KEN / Eriko Urakabe / Hideyuki Mizuno / Yasushi Iseki / Mitsutaka Kanazawa / Atsushi Kitagawa, No, Aug. 2003, AIP Conference Proceedings
  • Evaluation of a pencil beam algorithm for therapeutic carbon ion beam in presence of bolus, Ryosuke Kohno / Nobuyuki Kanematsu / Tatsuaki Kanai / YUSA KEN, No, Jul. 2004, Med. Phys.
  • No, Jan. 2003, 23 209-219
  • Experimental evaluation of analytical penumbra calculation model for wobbled beams, Ryosuke Kohno / Nobuyuki Kanematsu / YUSA KEN / Tatsuaki Kanai, No, Oct. 2004, Medical Physics
  • Evaluation of Spatial Resolution in Heavy Ion CT System., K. Nishimura / T. Inada / S. Abe / H. Sato / T. Tomida / N. Yasuda / H. Muraishi / YUSA KEN / T. Kanai / M. Endo, No, Oct. 2003, Jpn. J. Med. Phys
  • Reconstruction of biologically equivalent dose distribution on CT-image from measured physical dose distribution of therapeutic beam in water phantom, Manabu Mizota / Tatsuaki Kanai / YUSA KEN / Takashi Akagi / Munefumi Shimbo / Haruo Yamashita / Masahiro Endo, No, Mar. 2002, Phys. Med. Biol.
  • Measurements of total and partial charge-changing cross sections for 200- to 400-MeV/nucleon 12C on water and polycarbonate, T. Toshito / K. Kodama / L. Sihver / K. Yusa / M. Ozaki / K. Amako / S. Kameoka / K. Murakami / T. Sasaki / S. Aoki / T. Ban / T. Fukuda / M. Komatsu / H. Kubota / N. Naganawa / T. Nakamura / T. Nakano / M.Natsume / K. Niwa / S. Takahashi / J. Yoshida / H. Yoshida / M. Kanazawa / N. Kanematsu / M.Komori / S. Sato / M. Asai / T. Koi / C. Fukushima / S. Ogawa / M. Shibasaki / H. Shibuya , No, May 2007, Physical Review
  • Measurements of projectile-like 8Be and 9B production in 200-400 MeV/nucleon 12C on water, T. Toshito, K. Kodama, L. Sihver, K. Yusa, M. Ozaki, K. Amako, S. Kameoka, K. Murakami, T. Sasaki, S. Aoki, T. Ban, T. Fukuda, H. Kubota, N. Naganawa, T. Nakamura, T. Nakano, M. Natsume, K. Niwa, S. Takahashi, J. Yoshida, H. Yoshida, M. Kanazawa, N. Kanematsu, M. Komori, S. Sato, M. Asai, T. Koi, C. Fukushima, S. Ogawa, M. Shibasaki, and H. Shibuya, No, Dec. 2008, Physical Review
  • CONSTRUCTION STATUS OF HEAVY-ION RADIOTHERAPY FACILITY AT GUNMA UNIVERSITY (II), Ken Yusa, Mutsumi Tashiro, Kota Torikai, Tatsuya Ohno, Satoru Yamada, Yes, Aug. 2008, Proceedings of the 5th Annual Meeting of Particle Accelerator Society of Japan and the 33rd Linear Accelerator Meeting in Japan
  • Yes, Sep. 2007, Proceedings of the 94th Scientfic Meeting of JSMP
  • CONSTRUCTION STATUS OF HEAVY-ION RADIOTHERAPY FACILITY AT GUNMA UNIVERSITY (III), Ken Yusa, Mutsumi Tashiro, Kota Torikai, Hirofumi Shimada, Makoto Sakama, Tatsuya Ohno, Tatsuaki Kanai, Satoru Yamada, Takashi Nakano, Yes, Aug. 2009
  • The compact electron cyclotron resonance ion source KeiGM for the carbon ion therapy facility at Gunma University, M. Muramatsu, A. Kitagawa, A. G. Drentje, S. Hojo, T. Ueda, H. Miyazaki, K. Yusa, M. Tashiro, K. Torikai, M. Sakama, T. Kanai, S. Yamada , No, Mar. 2010, Rev. Sci. Instrum.
  • New Accelerator Facility for Carbon-Ion Cancer-Therapy, Koji Noda, Takuji Furukawa, Takashi Fujisawa, Yoshiyuki Iwata, Tatsuaki Kanai, Mitsutaka Kanazawa, Atsushi Kitagawa, Masataka Komori, Shinichi Minohara, Takeshi Murakami, Masayuki Muramatsu, Shinji Sato, Yuka Takei, MUTSUMI TASHIRO, Masami Torikoshi, SATORU YAMADA, KEN YUSA, No, 2007
  • Yes, Sep. 2009, 29, Sup.3, 215-216
  • Carbon Ion Radiotherapy at the Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Center: New Facility Set-up, Tatsuya Ohno, Tatsuaki Kanai, Satoru Yamada, Ken Yusa, Mutsumi Tashiro, Hirofumi Shimada, Kota Torikai, Yukari Yoshida, Yoko Kitada, Hiroyuki Kato, Takayoshi Ishii, Takashi Nakano, No, Oct. 2011, Cancers
  • Design of ridge filters for spread-out Bragg peaks with Monte Carlo simulation in carbon ion therapy, M. Sakama, T. Kanai, Y. Kase, K. Yusa, M. Tashiro, K. Torikai, H. Shimada, S. Yamada, T. Ohno, T. Nakano, No, Oct. 2012, Physics in Medicine and Biology
  • Yes, Apr. 2012, 32, Sup. 1, 193
  • Technical approach to individualized respiratory-gated carbon-ion therapy for mobile organs, Mutsumi Tashiro, Takayoshi Ishii, Jun-ichi Koya, Ryosuke Okada, Yuji Kurosawa, Keisuke Arai, Satoshi Abe, Yoshiaki Ohashi, Hirofumi Shimada, Ken Yusa, Tatsuaki Kanai, Satoru Yamada, Hidemasa Kawamura, Takeshi Ebara, Tatsuya Ohno, Takashi Nakano, No, 2013, Radiological Physics and Technology
  • Evaluation of an empirical monitor output estimation in carbon ion radiotherapy, Matsumura, Akihiko; Yusa, Ken; Kanai, Tatsuaki; Mizota, Manabu; Ohno, Tatsuya; Nakano, Takashi, No, 2015, MEDICAL PHYSICS
  • Yes, 2015, 64, 6, 400-405
  • Changes in Rectal Dose Due to Alterations in Beam Angles for Setup Uncertainty and Range Uncertainty in Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer, Kubota, Yoshiki; Kawamura, Hidemasa; Sakai, Makoto; Tsumuraya, Ryou; Tashiro, Mutsumi; Yusa, Ken; Kubo, Nobuteru; Sato, Hiro; Kawahara, Masahiro; Katoh, Hiroyuki; Kanai, Tatsuaki; Ohno, Tatsuya; Nakano, Takashi, No, 2016, PLOS ONE
  • No, 2016, 140, 4-7.
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  • External dosimetry audit for quality assurance of carbon-ion radiation therapy clinical trials., Mizuno Hideyuki;Fukumura Akifumi;Kanematsu Nobuyuki;Yonai Shunsuke;Shirai Toshiyuki;Yusa Ken;Yanou Toshihiro;Suga Masaki;Mizota Manabu;Minohara Shinichi;Kanai Tatsuaki;Kamada Tadashi, Nov. 2018, Journal of applied clinical medical physics, 20, 1
  • Changes in Rectal Dose Due to Alterations in Beam Angles for Setup Uncertainty and Range Uncertainty in Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer., Kubota Yoshiki;Kawamura Hidemasa;Sakai Makoto;Tsumuraya Ryou;Tashiro Mutsumi;Yusa Ken;Kubo Nobuteru;Sato Hiro;Kawahara Masahiro;Katoh Hiroyuki;Kanai Tatsuaki;Ohno Tatsuya;Nakano Takashi, Apr. 2016, PloS one, 11, 4

Misc.

  • Evaluation of an empirical monitor output estimation in carbon ion radiotherapy, Akihiko Matsumura,Ken Yusa,Tatsuaki Kanai,Manabu Mizota,Tatsuya Ohno,Takashi Nakano, Sep. 2015, MEDICAL PHYSICS, 42, 9, 5188, 5194
  • The compact electron cyclotron resonance ion source KeiGM for the carbon ion therapy facility at Gunma University, M. Muramatsu,A. Kitagawa,A. G. Drentje,S. Hojo,T. Ueda,H. Miyazaki,K. Yusa,M. Tashiro,K. Torikai,M. Sakama,T. Kanai,S. Yamada, Feb. 2010, REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, 81, 2, 327
  • The compact electron cyclotron resonance ion source KeiGM for the carbon ion therapy facility at Gunma University, M. Muramatsu,A. Kitagawa,A. G. Drentje,S. Hojo,T. Ueda,H. Miyazaki,K. Yusa,M. Tashiro,K. Torikai,M. Sakama,T. Kanai,S. Yamada, Feb. 2010, REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, 81, 2, 327
  • Three-dimensional velocity mapping of lung motion using vessel bifurcation pattern matching, Mutsurni Tashiro,Shinichi Minohara,Tatsuaki Kanai,Ken Yusa,Hideyuki Sakurai,Takashi Nakano, Jun. 2006, MEDICAL PHYSICS, 33, 6, 1747, 1757
  • Three-dimensional velocity mapping of lung motion using vessel bifurcation pattern matching, Mutsurni Tashiro,Shinichi Minohara,Tatsuaki Kanai,Ken Yusa,Hideyuki Sakurai,Takashi Nakano, Jun. 2006, MEDICAL PHYSICS, 33, 6, 1747, 1757
  • Design of ridge filters for spread-out Bragg peaks with Monte Carlo simulation in carbon ion therapy, M. Sakama,T. Kanai,Y. Kase,K. Yusa,M. Tashiro,K. Torikai,H. Shimada,S. Yamada,T. Ohno,T. Nakano, Oct. 2012, PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY, 57, 20, 6615, 6633
  • Design of ridge filters for spread-out Bragg peaks with Monte Carlo simulation in carbon ion therapy, M. Sakama,T. Kanai,Y. Kase,K. Yusa,M. Tashiro,K. Torikai,H. Shimada,S. Yamada,T. Ohno,T. Nakano, Oct. 2012, PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY, 57, 20, 6615, 6633
  • Experimental evaluation of analytical penumbra calculation model for wobbled beams, R Kohno,N Kanematsu,K Yusa,T Kanai, May 2004, MEDICAL PHYSICS, 31, 5, 1153, 1157
  • Experimental evaluation of analytical penumbra calculation model for wobbled beams, R Kohno,N Kanematsu,K Yusa,T Kanai, May 2004, MEDICAL PHYSICS, 31, 5, 1153, 1157
  • Evaluation of a pencil beam algorithm for therapeutic carbon ion beam in presence of bolus, R Kohno,N Kanematsu,T Kanai,K Yusa, Aug. 2004, MEDICAL PHYSICS, 31, 8, 2249, 2253
  • Evaluation of a pencil beam algorithm for therapeutic carbon ion beam in presence of bolus, R Kohno,N Kanematsu,T Kanai,K Yusa, Aug. 2004, MEDICAL PHYSICS, 31, 8, 2249, 2253
  • Changes in Rectal Dose Due to Alterations in Beam Angles for Setup Uncertainty and Range Uncertainty in Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer, Yoshiki Kubota,Hidemasa Kawamura,Makoto Sakai,Ryou Tsumuraya,Mutsumi Tashiro,Ken Yusa,Nobuteru Kubo,Hiro Sato,Masahiro Kawahara,Hiroyuki Katoh,Tatsuaki Kanai,Tatsuya Ohno,Takashi Nakano, Apr. 2016, PLOS ONE, 11, 4, e0153894
  • Changes in Rectal Dose Due to Alterations in Beam Angles for Setup Uncertainty and Range Uncertainty in Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer, Yoshiki Kubota,Hidemasa Kawamura,Makoto Sakai,Ryou Tsumuraya,Mutsumi Tashiro,Ken Yusa,Nobuteru Kubo,Hiro Sato,Masahiro Kawahara,Hiroyuki Katoh,Tatsuaki Kanai,Tatsuya Ohno,Takashi Nakano, Apr. 2016, PLOS ONE, 11, 4, e0153894
  • Charge identification of highly ionizing particles in desensitized nuclear emulsion using high speed read-out system, Amako\, K.,Aoki\, S.,Asai\, M.,Ban\, T.,Fukuda\, T.,Fukushima\, C.,Kameoka\, S.,Kanazawa\, M.,Kanematsu\, N.,Kodama\, K.,Koi\, T.,Komori\, M.,Murakami\, K.,Naganawa\, N.,Nakamura\, T.,Natsume\, M.,Niwa\, K.,Ogawa\, S.,Ozaki\, M.,Sasaki\, T.,Sato\, S.,Shibasaki\, M.,Shibuya\, H.,Takahashi\, S.,Toshito\, T.,Yusa\, K., 2006, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 556, 2
  • Charge identification of highly ionizing particles in desensitized nuclear emulsion using high speed read-out system, Amako\, K.,Aoki\, S.,Asai\, M.,Ban\, T.,Fukuda\, T.,Fukushima\, C.,Kameoka\, S.,Kanazawa\, M.,Kanematsu\, N.,Kodama\, K.,Koi\, T.,Komori\, M.,Murakami\, K.,Naganawa\, N.,Nakamura\, T.,Natsume\, M.,Niwa\, K.,Ogawa\, S.,Ozaki\, M.,Sasaki\, T.,Sato\, S.,Shibasaki\, M.,Shibuya\, H.,Takahashi\, S.,Toshito\, T.,Yusa\, K., 2006, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 556, 2
  • Measurements of total and partial charge-changing cross sections for 200- to 400-MeV/nucleon C12 on water and polycarbonate, Amako\, K.,Aoki\, S.,Asai\, M.,Ban\, T.,Fukuda\, T.,Fukushima\, C.,Kameoka\, S.,Kanazawa\, M.,Kanematsu\, N.,Kodama\, K.,Koi\, T.,Komatsu\, M.,Komori\, M.,Kubota\, H.,Murakami\, K.,Naganawa\, N.,Nakamura\, T.,Nakano\, T.,Natsume\, M.,Niwa\, K.,Ogawa\, S.,Ozaki\, M.,Sasaki\, T.,Sato\, S.,Shibasaki\, M.,Shibuya\, H.,Sihver\, L.,Takahashi\, S.,Toshito\, T.,Yoshida\, H.,Yoshida\, J.,Yusa\, K., 2007, Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 75, 5, 054606
  • Measurements of total and partial charge-changing cross sections for 200- to 400-MeV/nucleon C12 on water and polycarbonate, Amako\, K.,Aoki\, S.,Asai\, M.,Ban\, T.,Fukuda\, T.,Fukushima\, C.,Kameoka\, S.,Kanazawa\, M.,Kanematsu\, N.,Kodama\, K.,Koi\, T.,Komatsu\, M.,Komori\, M.,Kubota\, H.,Murakami\, K.,Naganawa\, N.,Nakamura\, T.,Nakano\, T.,Natsume\, M.,Niwa\, K.,Ogawa\, S.,Ozaki\, M.,Sasaki\, T.,Sato\, S.,Shibasaki\, M.,Shibuya\, H.,Sihver\, L.,Takahashi\, S.,Toshito\, T.,Yoshida\, H.,Yoshida\, J.,Yusa\, K., 2007, Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 75, 5, 054606
  • Physical and engineering aspect of carbon beam therapy, Tatsuaki Kanai,Takehiro Tomitani,Nobuyuki Kanematsu,Shinichi Minohara,YUSA KEN,Eriko Urakabe,Hideyuki Mizuno,Yasushi Iseki,Mitsutaka Kanazawa,Atsushi Kitagawa, 2003, AIP Conference Proceedings
  • Evaluation of Spatial Resolution in Heavy Ion CT System., K. Nishimura,T. Inada,S. Abe,H. Sato,T. Tomida,N. Yasuda,H. Muraishi,YUSA KEN,T. Kanai,M. Endo, 2003, Jpn. J. Med. Phys, 23[S2] 162-165
  • Reconstruction of biologically equivalent dose distribution on CT-image from measured physical dose distribution of therapeutic beam in water phantom, Manabu Mizota,Tatsuaki Kanai,YUSA KEN,Takashi Akagi,Munefumi Shimbo,Haruo Yamashita,Masahiro Endo, 2002, Phys. Med. Biol., 47 935-945
  • Measurements of projectile-like 8Be and 9B production in 200-400 MeV/nucleon 12C on water, T. Toshito,K. Kodama,L. Sihver,K. Yusa,M. Ozaki,K. Amako,S. Kameoka,K. Murakami,T. Sasaki,S. Aoki,T. Ban,T. Fukuda,H. Kubota,N. Naganawa,T. Nakamura,T. Nakano,M. Natsume,K. Niwa,S. Takahashi,J. Yoshida,H. Yoshida,M. Kanazawa,N. Kanematsu,M. Komori,S. Sato,M. Asai,T. Koi,C. Fukushima,S. Ogawa,M. Shibasaki,H. Shibuya, 2008, Physical Review, C 78, 6, 067602
  • CONSTRUCTION STATUS OF HEAVY-ION RADIOTHERAPY FACILITY AT GUNMA UNIVERSITY (II), Ken Yusa,Mutsumi Tashiro,Kota Torikai,Tatsuya Ohno,Satoru Yamada, 2008, Proceedings of the 5th Annual Meeting of Particle Accelerator Society of Japan and the 33rd Linear Accelerator Meeting in Japan
  • CONSTRUCTION STATUS OF HEAVY-ION RADIOTHERAPY FACILITY AT GUNMA UNIVERSITY (III), Ken Yusa,Mutsumi Tashiro,Kota Torikai,Hirofumi Shimada,Makoto Sakama,Tatsuya Ohno,Tatsuaki Kanai,Satoru Yamada,Takashi Nakano, 2009, 705, 707
  • New Accelerator Facility for Carbon-Ion Cancer-Therapy, Koji Noda,Takuji Furukawa,Takashi Fujisawa,Yoshiyuki Iwata,Tatsuaki Kanai,Mitsutaka Kanazawa,Atsushi Kitagawa,Masataka Komori,Shinichi Minohara,Takeshi Murakami,Masayuki Muramatsu,Shinji Sato,Yuka Takei,MUTSUMI TASHIRO,Masami Torikoshi,SATORU YAMADA,KEN YUSA, 2007, 48(Supplement), A43-A54
  • Carbon Ion Radiotherapy at the Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Center: New Facility Set-up, Tatsuya Ohno,Tatsuaki Kanai,Satoru Yamada,Ken Yusa,Mutsumi Tashiro,Hirofumi Shimada,Kota Torikai,Yukari Yoshida,Yoko Kitada,Hiroyuki Kato,Takayoshi Ishii,Takashi Nakano, 2011, Cancers, 3, 4046, 4060
  • Technical approach to individualized respiratory-gated carbon-ion therapy for mobile organs, Mutsumi Tashiro,Takayoshi Ishii,Jun-ichi Koya,Ryosuke Okada,Yuji Kurosawa,Keisuke Arai,Satoshi Abe,Yoshiaki Ohashi,Hirofumi Shimada,Ken Yusa,Tatsuaki Kanai,Satoru Yamada,Hidemasa Kawamura,Takeshi Ebara,Tatsuya Ohno,Takashi Nakano, 2013, Radiological Physics and Technology, 6, 2, 356, 366
  • Evaluation of an empirical monitor output estimation in carbon ion radiotherapy, Matsumura\, Akihiko,Yusa\, Ken,Kanai\, Tatsuaki,Mizota\, Manabu,Ohno\, Tatsuya,Nakano\, Takashi, 2015, MEDICAL PHYSICS, 42, 9, 5188, 5194
  • 2003
  • 2003, 23 209-219
  • 2003, 23[S2] 162-165
  • 2002, 47 935-945
  • 2001
  • 2007, Vol.27, No.4, 187, 188
  • 2008, C 78, 6, 067602
  • 2008
  • 2009, 29, Sup.3, 215, 216
  • 2009, 705, 707
  • 2007, 48(Supplement), A43-A54
  • 2011, 3, 4046, 4060
  • 2013, 6, 2, 356, 366
  • 2012, 32, Sup. 1, 193
  • 2015, 64, 6, 400, 405
  • 2016, 140, 4-7.

Books and Other publications

  • 2010, 9784863520264

Presentations

  • Commissioning Status of Layer-Stacking Irradiation Method at Gunma University, PTCOG 52, 2013
  • Commissioning of Spiral Wobbling Irradiation System At Gunma University, 51st Annual Meeting of Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group, 2012
  • Evaluation of a Monte Carlo-based QA tool for carbon-ion therapy at Gunma Univer, PTCOG55, 2016
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