Improved immobilization using an individual head support in head and neck cancer patients.

Authors :: Houweling AC
van der Meer S
van der Wal E
Terhaard CH
Raaijmakers CP
Source :: Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology [Radiother Oncol] 2010 Jul; Vol. 96 (1), pp. 100-3. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Apr 27.
Publication Year :: 2010
Abstract: The benefits of a patient-specific head support, developed to improve immobilization during radiotherapy, were determined in head and neck cancer patients. Cone-beam CTs were registered to the planning CT in five regions. Compared to the standard head support, the individual head support decreased the systematic and random errors of the inter- and intrafraction displacements and reduced deformations.<br /> (Copyright 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.)

Subjects :: Cohort Studies
Dose Fractionation, Radiation
Female
Head
Humans
Male
Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated methods
Reference Values
Treatment Outcome
Cone-Beam Computed Tomography
Head and Neck Neoplasms diagnostic imaging
Head and Neck Neoplasms radiotherapy
Immobilization instrumentation
Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted methods

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1879-0887
Volume :: 96
Issue :: 1
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 20430462
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2010.04.014

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