Practical issues in treating heavy patients on a LINAC treatment couch

Safe delivery of external beam radiation therapy to patients whose weight approaches the tolerance of a treatment couch presents some challenges, particularly if the couch has been in use for several years and has seen significant wear and tear. An analysis of treatment couch design can identify loc...

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Autores principales: Towns, Patrick, Free, Blair, Cernica, George, Podgorsak, Matthew B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5723505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15770203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1120/jacmp.v6i1.2077
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description Safe delivery of external beam radiation therapy to patients whose weight approaches the tolerance of a treatment couch presents some challenges, particularly if the couch has been in use for several years and has seen significant wear and tear. An analysis of treatment couch design can identify locations that become stressed and could potentially fail when supporting a heavy patient, leading to serious injury. Some practical methods to decrease the likelihood of couch failure are presented in this work. The design and implementation of a lifting apparatus to support the treatment couch is also described. PACS numbers: 87.53.Xd
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spelling pubmed-57235052018-04-02 Practical issues in treating heavy patients on a LINAC treatment couch Towns, Patrick Free, Blair Cernica, George Podgorsak, Matthew B. J Appl Clin Med Phys Other Topics Safe delivery of external beam radiation therapy to patients whose weight approaches the tolerance of a treatment couch presents some challenges, particularly if the couch has been in use for several years and has seen significant wear and tear. An analysis of treatment couch design can identify locations that become stressed and could potentially fail when supporting a heavy patient, leading to serious injury. Some practical methods to decrease the likelihood of couch failure are presented in this work. The design and implementation of a lifting apparatus to support the treatment couch is also described. PACS numbers: 87.53.Xd John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2005-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC5723505/ /pubmed/15770203 http://dx.doi.org/10.1120/jacmp.v6i1.2077 Text en © 2005 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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