PMID- 11704463
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20020220
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0958-3947 (Print)
IS  - 1873-4022 (Linking)
VI  - 26
IP  - 3
DP  - 2001 Fall
TI  - Immobilization in stereotactic radiotherapy: the head and neck localizer frame.
PG  - 267-73
AB  - Stereotactic radiotherapy refers to multiple daily fractions of radiation, over 
      days or weeks of treatment, with the patient in a relocatable stereotactic frame. 
      The linear accelerator-based, couch-mounted system from Radionics utilizes the 
      Gill-Thomas-Cosman (GTC) frame and the new Tarbell-Loeffler-Cosman (TLC) 
      pediatric frame for accurate positioning reproducibility. Radionics has now made 
      available the Head and Neck Localizer (HNL) frame to be used with its XPlan 
      treatment planning system and the mini multileaf collimator (MMLC). This will 
      extend the overall capability of stereotactic radiotherapy to the treatment of 
      head and neck cancers. However, with no data available on the HNL frame, a study 
      is being undertaken to assess the accuracy in patient position reproducibility 
      using the frame. This report provides the preliminary findings of comparing 
      depth-helmet readings with radiographic data, together with recommended 
      modifications to the frame.
FAU - Fairclough-Tompa, L
AU  - Fairclough-Tompa L
AD  - Department of Radiation Therapy, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health 
      Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
FAU - Larsen, T
AU  - Larsen T
FAU - Jaywant, S M
AU  - Jaywant SM
LA  - eng
PT  - Evaluation Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Med Dosim
JT  - Medical dosimetry : official journal of the American Association of Medical 
      Dosimetrists
JID - 8908862
SB  - IM
MH  - Head and Neck Neoplasms/*radiotherapy
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Immobilization
MH  - Pilot Projects
MH  - Radiotherapy/*instrumentation
MH  - Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted/*methods
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Stereotaxic Techniques/*instrumentation
EDAT- 2001/11/13 10:00
MHDA- 2002/02/21 10:01
CRDT- 2001/11/13 10:00
PHST- 2001/11/13 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/02/21 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2001/11/13 10:00 [entrez]
AID - S0958-3947(01)00074-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0958-3947(01)00074-7 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Med Dosim. 2001 Fall;26(3):267-73. doi: 10.1016/s0958-3947(01)00074-7.