Farahani et al., 1993 - Google Patents
New method for shielding electron beams used for head and neck cancer treatmentFarahani et al., 1993
- Document ID
- 2482701947844116959
- Author
- Farahani M
- Eichmiller F
- McLaughlin W
- Publication year
- Publication venue
- Medical physics
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Shields and stents of metals with high atomic number, which are custom cast in molds from the melt, are the materials most widely used to protect surrounding tissues during treatment of skin or oral lesions with therapeutic electron beams. An improved fabrication method is to …
- 201000010536 head and neck cancer 0 title 1
Classifications
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
- A61N5/00—Radiation therapy
- A61N5/10—X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy
- A61N2005/1092—Details
- A61N2005/1095—Elements inserted into the radiation path within the system, e.g. filters or wedges
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
- A61N5/00—Radiation therapy
- A61N5/10—X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy
- A61N5/1048—Monitoring, verifying, controlling systems and methods
- A61N5/1075—Monitoring, verifying, controlling systems and methods for testing, calibrating, or quality assurance of the radiation treatment apparatus
- A61N2005/1076—Monitoring, verifying, controlling systems and methods for testing, calibrating, or quality assurance of the radiation treatment apparatus using a dummy object placed in the radiation field, e.g. phantom
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61K—PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES
- A61K6/00—Preparations for dentistry
- A61K6/02—Use of preparations for artificial teeth, for filling or for capping teeth
- A61K6/08—Use of natural or synthetic resins
- A61K6/083—Compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
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