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Positioning patient (procedure)

Known as: Patient Positioning, positioning patient, Positionings, Patient 
Moving a patient into a specific position or POSTURE to facilitate examination, surgery, or for therapeutic purposes.

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1971-2017
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Body positionMoving and Lifting PatientsPositioning - therapyRadiotherapy, Image-Guided
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1936-2018
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Positioning patient (procedure)
Body position
nursing therapy
Radiotherapy, Image-Guided
establishment and maintenance of localization
standards characteristics

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2017
2017
European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) recommendations for planning and delivery of high-dose, high precision radiotherapy for lung cancer.
PURPOSE To update literature-based recommendations for techniques used in high-precision thoracic radiotherapy for lung cancer… (More)
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2008
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2008
Endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery in Galdakao-modified supine Valdivia position: a new standard for percutaneous nephrolithotomy?
BACKGROUND Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), the gold standard for the management of large and/or complex urolithiasis, is… (More)
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2006
2006
Automatic registration of portal images and volumetric CT for patient positioning in radiation therapy
The efficacy of radiation therapy treatment depends on the patient setup accuracy at each daily fraction. A significant problem… (More)
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2005
2005
A phantom evaluation of a stereo-vision surface imaging system for radiotherapy patient setup.
External beam irradiation requires precise positioning of the target relative to the treatment planning coordinate system. A… (More)
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2004
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2004
Artifacts in CT: recognition and avoidance.
Artifacts can seriously degrade the quality of computed tomographic (CT) images, sometimes to the point of making them… (More)
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2004
2004
Reducing toxicity from craniospinal irradiation: using proton beams to treat medulloblastoma in young children.
PURPOSE We report on a radiation treatment technique that has reduced the dose to critical normal structures in children with… (More)
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2000
2000
An investigation of the early effects of manual lung hyperinflation in critically ill patients.
This prospective within-group multicentre study was designed to assess the safety and short-term effectiveness of manual lung… (More)
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2000
2000
Long-Term Precision of DXA Scanning Assessed over Seven Years in Forty Postmenopausal Women
The reproducibility of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) measurements of bone mineral density (BMD) is an important factor… (More)
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1996
1996
Combined error of patient positioning variability and prostate motion uncertainty in 3D conformal radiotherapy of localized prostate cancer.
PURPOSE To measure the patient positioning and prostate motion variability and to estimate its influence on the calculated 3D… (More)
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1994
1994
Effect of rotation on the radiographic appearance of the femoral canal.
Radiographic templating is a key element of preoperative planning for cementless total hip arthroplasty, and it aids in the… (More)
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