Migration from full-head mask to "open-face" mask for immobilization of patients with head and neck cancer

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 243-254

  Li, Guang ^a   Lovelock, D Michael ^a   Mechalakos, James ^a   Rao, Shyam ^a   Della Biancia, Cesar ^a   Amols, Howard ^a   Lee, Nancy ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Image guided radiotherapy; Motion uncertainty; Optical surface imaging; Patient setup and immobilization; Thermoplastic head mask

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEAD; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MASK; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEAD; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 84884147802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v14i5.4400     Document Type: Article

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