Development and clinical application of the integrative immobilization board for radiotherapy.
- Author:
Jun XU
1
;
Yanwei MA
;
Jingguang MA
;
Lina XING
Author Information
1. Department of Radiotherapy, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, 150086. hydxujun@sina.com
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Equipment Design;
Humans;
Immobilization;
Posture;
Radiotherapy;
instrumentation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Instrumentation
2012;36(1):67-68
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
According to the clinical needs of precise radiotherapy, an integrative thermoplastic immobilization board for radiotherapy was developed for the purpose of immobilizing head position, head, neck and shoulder positions and body position respectively. The new style board has several characteristics: a board with multi-purposes, ease of handling and good accuracy of patients' positions, etc.