Manufacturing patient mask for positioning patients in radiotherapy by rapid prototyping
Radiotherapy is a well-established method to treat certain tumor types in particular brain tumors. For fixation of the patient's head a mask is used, with is connected to the plate where the patient is located on. The novel technology describes a non-invasive procedure, where the patient mask is produced by rapid prototyping based on CT/MR data.
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