Repositioning accuracy: Comparison of a noninvasive head holder with thermoplastic mask for fractionated radiotherapy and a case report

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 475-483

  Sweeney, Reinhart ^a   Bale, Reto ^a   Vogele, Michael ^a   Nevinny Stickel, Meinhart ^a   Bluhm, Anja ^a   Auer, Thomas ^a   Hessenberger, Gerhart ^b   Lukas, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fractionated radiotherapy; Head fixation; Immobilization; Mask; Patient fixation; VBH head holder

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, ADENOID CYSTIC; DENTAL IMPRESSION MATERIALS; DENTAL IMPRESSION TECHNIQUE; DOSE FRACTIONATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MOUTH PROTECTORS; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 18244422599     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00064-9     Document Type: Article

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