An immobilization system for claustrophobic patients in head-and-neck intensity-modulated radiation therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1531-1539

  Kim, Siyong ^a,b   Akpati, Hilary C ^a   Li, Jonathan G ^a   Liu, Chihray R ^a   Amdur, Robert J ^a   Palta, Jatinder R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer assisted; Head; Head and neck neoplasms; Immobilization; Movement; Radiation therapy; Therapy

Indexed keywords

CLAUSTROPHOBICITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT);

BIOMARKERS; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; CAMERAS; DISEASE CONTROL; INFRARED IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CAMERA; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; DATA ANALYSIS; FACE MASK; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INFRARED RADIATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPARATIVE DENTISTRY; UNITED STATES;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 3242737731     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.01.025     Document Type: Article

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