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For most types of radiotherapy to your brain head or neck area you wear a mask during each treatment. This is sometimes also called a mould head shell or cast. The mask is made to hold your head and neck still and in exactly the right position. This helps make your treatment as accurate and effective as possible.
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Radiotherapy masks and moulds. You might need to have a radiotherapy mask or mould made before you start treatment. They can also be called shells. They keep the treatment area of your body still each time you have your radiotherapy. So your treatment is as accurate as possible. You might need a mask for radiotherapy of your head and neck.
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The mask is gently placed over Conformal radiotherapy Cancer treatment Cancer Radiotherapy masks and moulds. If you are having radiotherapy to your head or neck you may need to wear a radiotherapy mask during your treatment. You may hear this called a shell or mould. Most types of masks are made of a mesh material with lots of small holes.
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Moulding a radiotherapy mask has become a routine task for most technicians. However problems may pop up either during the moulding process or while refitting the mask for the first treatment session. Orfit has listed several tips to …
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Thermoplastic masks are a necessity for radiotherapeutic treatment for many forms of cancer. The masks have to be comfortable for the patient rigid enough to ensure the right patient positioning but also easy to mould. MacroMedics offers the MacroCast thermoplastic mask range: masks a water bath and a convection oven to mould thermoplastic
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24-01-2017· Orfit has been tailoring products to the meet the unique needs of Radiation Oncology teams for more than 30 years and currently supports more than 1500 customers worldwide. “The patient comfort is very good especially for patients that experience facial swelling due to medication.
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10-11-2020· Radiotherapy masks and moulds. You might need to have a radiotherapy mask or mould made before you start treatment. They can also be called shells. They keep the treatment area of your body still each time you have your radiotherapy. So your treatment is as accurate as possible. You might need a mask for radiotherapy of your head and neck.
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01-05-2019· Radiotherapy masks and moulds. Painted masks take away childrens fear of radiotherapy. For most types of radiotherapy to your brain head or neck area you wear a mask during each treatment. For some people dealing with the mask and being in an mri machine can bring about claustrophobic feelings.
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CIVCO Radiotherapy has over 35 years of experience in the radiation oncology industry and offers high-quality innovative patient-centric radiotherapy solutions. These solutions include couchtops and overlays for linear accelerators and imaging systems
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Radiotherapy moulds and masks 23. Understanding radiotherapy 6 1 Radiotherapy is the use of high-energy rays usually x-rays and similar rays (such as electrons) to treat disease. It works by destroying cancer cells in the area that’s treated. Although normal cells can also be damaged by radiotherapy
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After a few minutes the material moulds to your face and becomes hard. The mask is then cooled by applying iced towels. The radiation therapists may draw some markings on the mask that will be used to position you for treatment. You will wear your mask for your CT planning scan and for each of your radiation treatments.
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18-01-2018· With permission from the center’s radiation therapists she took home the discarded masks and called upon her artist friends to help transform them into works of art. She then auctioned off the finished objects using the proceeds to support HNC patients by sending applicants a $500 check through a Maryland-based nonprofit called 911 4 HNC (Help for Head …
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Radiotherapy moulds and masks Cancer Research UK Making a radiotherapy mask. A mould technician or radiographer makes the mask in the mould room of the radiotherapy department or during your CT planning scan. The process of making a mask can vary slightly between hospitals. Most often they use a special kind of plastic heated in warm water so that it …
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24-07-2020· The Radiotherapy Mask before the late 1980’s. It wasn’t until the late 1980s that the radiotherapy immobilisation mask in New Zealand was manufactured using the holey opaque thermoplastic product that is used today. Prior to that it was a much more messy and time-consuming process to make a mask. It was a four-step process:
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Radiotherapy masks and other immobilisation devices. Masks. Dental mouth bite. Body mould / ‘Vac bag’. Head frame. Immobilisation devices help to keep you in the right position every time you have radiotherapy treatment. There are …
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CIVCO Radiotherapy has over 35 years of experience in the radiation oncology industry and offers high-quality innovative patient-centric radiotherapy solutions. These solutions include couchtops and overlays for linear accelerators and imaging systems
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Radiotherapy masks and moulds.If you are having radiotherapy to your head or neckyou may need to wear a radiotherapy mask during your treatment.You may hear this called a shell or mould.Most types of masks are made of a mesh material with lots of small holes.You can have a mould for other parts of the bodysuch as the breast or limbs.
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Radiotherapy masks and moulds.If you are having radiotherapy to your head or neckyou may need to wear a radiotherapy mask during your treatment.You may hear this called a shell or mould.Most types of masks are made of a mesh material with lots of small holes.You can have a mould for other parts of the bodysuch as the breast or limbs.
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24-01-2017· Orfit has been tailoring products to the meet the unique needs of Radiation Oncology teams for more than 30 years and currently supports more than 1500 customers worldwide. “The patient comfort is very good especially for patients that experience facial swelling due to medication.
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Moulding a radiotherapy mask has become a routine task for most technicians. However problems may pop up either during the moulding process or while refitting the mask for the first treatment session. Orfit has listed several tips to …
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