Immobilization effect of air-injected blanket (AIB) for abdomen fixation

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3363-3366

  Ko, Young Eun ^a   Suh, Yelin ^a   Ahn, Seung Do ^a   Lee, Sang Wook ^a   Shin, Seong Soo ^a   Kim, Jong Hoon ^a   Choi, Eun Kyung ^a   Yi, Byong Yong ^b  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pressure; Immobilization; Organ motion; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE VITRIFICATION;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURES; BREAST CANCER; BREATHING MOTIONS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION; IMMOBILIZATION EFFECTS; INTERNAL ORGANS; MOTION RANGE; ORGAN MOTION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL CANCER; AIR INJECTED BLANKET; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BREAST CANCER; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX;

EID: 28044461982     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2047783     Document Type: Article

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