Towards the production of radiotherapy treatment shells on 3D printers using data derived from DICOM CT and MRI: Preclinical feasibility studies

Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 92-98

  Laycock, S D ^a   Hulse, M ^b   Scrase, C D ^c   Tam, M D ^d,e   Isherwood, S ^c   Mortimore, D B ^f   Emmens, D ^c   Patman, J ^b   Short, S C ^g   Bell, G D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUFFOLK   (United Kingdom)

^c IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d BASILDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f Newbourne Solutions Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D Printing; Immobilization; Radiotherapy treatment shells

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING;

EID: 85027946825     PISSN: 14603969     EISSN: 14671131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1460396914000326     Document Type: Article

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