Improved patient repositioning accuracy by integrating an additional jaw fixation into a high precision face mask system in stereotactic radiotherapy of the head;Verbesserte lagerungsreproduzierbarkeit eines nichtinvasiven hochpräzisionsmaskensystems in der stereotaktischen radiotherapie durch eine integrierte kieferfixierung

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 179, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 571-575

  Lopatta, Eric ^b   Liesenfeld, Susie Maria ^c   Bank, Priska ^c   Wurm, Reinhard ^a   Günther, Robert ^c   Wiezorek, Tilo ^c   Wendt, Thomas G ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Digital imaging; Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy; Head mask system; Noninvasive immobilization technique; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE MASK; HEAD CANCER; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JAW; MANDIBLE; PATIENT POSITIONING; REPRODUCIBILITY; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; MASK; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMOBILIZATION; JAW; MASKS; POSTURE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0041589597     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-003-0941-3     Document Type: Article

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