[Health Science] What exactly is the positioning of radiotherapy in patients with head and neck tumors?
- Date:2023-11-01
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What is radiotherapy localization?
Radiotherapy positioning has a special CT simulation positioning machine, positioning before the need to make a head mold or head, neck and shoulder mold, the role is to fix the radiotherapy site, prevent involuntary body movement, so that each treatment position to maintain the same. The new mold needs to be heated in a constant temperature water tank, and then softened and elasticized after taking it out, and then put it on the part of the patient that needs radiotherapy to be shaped, and then cooled down and shaped, so that every time the patient has radiotherapy in the future, he will be fixed with the same mold, which can reduce the error of radiotherapy.
CT simulation positioning using a laser line in the mold body or the patient's skin to draw a reference marking line, usually draw three "+" line, respectively located in the head and neck of the two sides and the position of the center. If the marking line becomes faded, contact the physician in charge to make up for it, and do not draw it yourself or ignore it. After positioning, the radiotherapy technician will transfer the CT images to the radiotherapy planning system, and the doctor will outline the extent of the tumor and the normal tissues and organs that should be avoided in order to avoid damage to these areas during radiotherapy.
At the end of the outline the radiotherapy plan is made by the physicist within the radiotherapy planning system, a process that we can understand by how the X-rays work to satisfy the irradiation of the tumor. After the completion of the intensity-modulated radiotherapy plan, it needs to be confirmed by both the radiotherapist and the physicist, and finally the accuracy of the plan in terms of dose and position has to be verified before radiotherapy can be started.