Clinical comparison of positional accuracy and stability between dedicated versus conventional masks for immobilization in cranial stereotactic radiotherapy using 6-degree-of-freedom image guidance system-integrated platform

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 198-205

  Ohtakara, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Hayashi, Shinya ^a,b   Tanaka, Hidekazu ^b   Hoshi, Hiroaki ^a   Kitahara, Masashi ^b   Matsuyama, Katsuya ^b   Okada, Hitoshi ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

ExacTrac Robotics; Frameless; Image guided; Intrafractional movement; Novalis Tx; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASK; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; ROBOTICS; STEREOTACTIC TREATMENT;

CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MASKS; ORGANS AT RISK; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ROBOTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84857626088     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.10.012     Document Type: Article

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