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Please Place Your Seat in the Full Upright Position: A Technical Framework for Landing Upright Radiation Therapy in the 21st Century

Frontiers in Oncology, 2022
Delivering radiotherapy to patients in an upright position can allow for increased patient comfort, reduction in normal tissue irradiation, or reduction of machine size and complexity.
Sarah Hegarty, Sarah Hegarty, Nicholas Hardcastle, Nicholas Hardcastle, Nicholas Hardcastle, James Korte, James Korte, Tomas Kron, Tomas Kron, Tomas Kron, Sarah Everitt, Sarah Everitt, Sulman Rahim, Fiona Hegi-Johnson, Fiona Hegi-Johnson, Rick Franich, Rick Franich   +16 more
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Standing frames for children with cerebral palsy: a mixed-methods feasibility study

Health Technology Assessment, 2018
Background: Standing frames are recommended as part of postural management for young people with cerebral palsy (CP) Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) level IV or V.
Jane Goodwin, Jan Lecouturier, Anna Basu, Allan Colver, Sarah Crombie, Johanna Smith, Denise Howel, Elaine McColl, Jeremy R Parr, Niina Kolehmainen, Andrew Roberts, Keith Miller, Jill Cadwgan   +12 more
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ERGONOMICS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY PRACTICE: CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY AMONG PAKISTANI OPHTHALMOLOGISTS

Khyber Medical University Journal, 2022
OBJECTIVE: To assess the ergonomic practices and prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms among Pakistani ophthalmologists. METHODS: This cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted at College of Ophthalmology and Allied Vision Sciences/Eye ...
Asima Rafique, Muhammad Shaheer, Ummara Rasheed   +2 more
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Reproducibility of deep inspiration breath hold for prone left-sided whole breast irradiation [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Investigating reproducibility and instability of deep inspiration breath hold (DIBH) in the prone position to reduce heart dose for left-sided whole breast irradiation.
Berwouts, Dieter, De Gersem, Werner, De Neve, Wilfried, MULLIEZ, THOMAS, Remouchamps, Vincent, Speleers, Bruno, Van den Broecke, Rudy, Van Greveling, Annick, Veldeman, Liv, Vercauteren, Tom   +9 more
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Impact of the Extremities Positioning on the Set-Up Reproducibility for the Total Marrow Irradiation Treatment

Current Oncology, 2023
Total marrow (lymph node) irradiation (TMI/TMLI) delivery requires more time than standard radiotherapy treatments. The patient’s extremities, through the joints, can experience large movements.
Nicola Lambri, Simone Leopoldo Antonetti, Damiano Dei, Luisa Bellu, Stefania Bramanti, Ricardo Coimbra Brioso, Carmelo Carlo-Stella, Isabella Castiglioni, Elena Clerici, Leonardo Crespi, Chiara De Philippis, Carmela Galdieri, Daniele Loiacono, Pierina Navarria, Giacomo Reggiori, Roberto Rusconi, Stefano Tomatis, Marta Scorsetti, Pietro Mancosu   +18 more
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Sensitivity and Specificity of the Comfort Scale to Assess Pain in Ventilated Critically Ill Adult Patients in Intensive Care Unit [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Pain is a common phenomenon experienced by ventilated and critically ill adult patients. It is urgent to measure the pain among these patients since they are unable to report their pain verbally.
Prasetyo, A. (Awal), Utami, R. S. (Reni), Wahyuningsih, I. S. (Indah)   +2 more
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Impact of use of optical surface imaging on initial patient setup for stereotactic body radiotherapy treatments [PDF]

, 2019
Purpose To evaluate the effectiveness of surface image guidance (SG) for pre‐imaging setup of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) patients, and to investigate the impact of SG reference surface selection on this process.
Al‐Hallaq HA, Clow B, Gutiérrez AN, Paravati AJ   +3 more
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Evaluation of Interfractional Setup Uncertainties and Calculation of Adequate CTV-PTV Margin for Head and Neck Radiotherapy using Electronic Portal Imaging Device [PDF]

Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering
Background: The evaluation of treatment-associated errors is important in the radiotherapy process, particularly those resulting related to patient setup.Objective: This research aimed to assess the interfractional setup errors and determine the Clinical
Elham Ahmadi, Azam Eskandari, Mohammad Mohammadi, Maryam Naji, Shahrokh Naseri, Hamid Gholamhosseinian   +5 more
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A systematic review of methods to immobilise breast tissue during adjuvant breast irradiation [PDF]

, 2013
Greater use of 3D conformal, Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) and external beam partial breast irradiation following local excision (LE) for breast cancer has necessitated a review of the effectiveness of immobilisation methods to stabilise breast
Barrett-Lennard, Becker, Bentel, Bentzen, Canney, Carter, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, Chen, Chopra, Christopher Bragg, Clarke, Creutzberg, Croog, Cross, David Dodwell, David Green, Fisher, Fisher, Fisher, Gierga, Goldsworthy, Graham, Grann, Hector, Heidi Probst, Hurkmans, Jagsi, John Hart, Keller, Kirby, Latimer, Mahe, Mitchell, Morrow, Munshi, Nalder, Office for National Statistics, Probst, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, Stegman, Strydhorst, The Royal College of Radiologists, Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, Society and College of Radiographers, Thilmann, Valdagni, Varga, Veldeman, Veldeman, Veronesi, Zierhut   +48 more
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Surface-Guided Radiotherapy: Can We Move on from the Era of Three-Point Markers to the New Era of Thousands of Points?

Bioengineering, 2023
The surface-guided radiotherapy (SGRT) technique improves patient positioning with submillimeter accuracy compared with the conventional positioning technique of lasers using three-point tattoos.
Michalis Psarras, Despoina Stasinou, Theodoros Stroubinis, Maria Protopapa, Anna Zygogianni, Vassilis Kouloulias, Kalliopi Platoni   +6 more
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