Preliminary study of potential for rapid prototype and surface scanned radiotherapy facemask production technique

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 16-21

  Sanghera, B ^a   Amis, A ^a   McGurk, M ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; TOPOLOGY;

MASK PRODUCTIONS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; FACE MASK; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLASTER CAST; RADIOTHERAPY; SCINTISCANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACRYLIC RESINS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BUTADIENES; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MASKS; POLYSTYRENES; POSTURE; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036131405     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091900110102445     Document Type: Article

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