Improved immobilization using an individual head support in head and neck cancer patients.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.04.014.
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Cone-Beam Computed Tomography
- Head and Neck Neoplasms
- Immobilization
- Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted