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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.
National Institutes of Health

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Body positionMoving and Lifting PatientsPositioning - therapyRadiotherapy, Image-Guided

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2016
2016
Clinical Validation of two Surface Imaging Systems for Patient Positioning in Percutaneous Radiotherapy
Precise patient positioning and thus precise positioning of the planning target volume (PTV) is a prerequisite for effective… 
Review
2016
Review
2016
Critical care of obese patients during and after spine surgery.
Obesity is one of the most prevalent health problems facing the United States today, with a recent JAMA article published in 2014… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
The Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion and comparisons with its predecessors.
OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to introduce a new radiosurgical device, the Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion (Elekta… 
2007
2007
Deep vein thrombosis in trauma: a prospective study of lower limb orthopedic trauma patients in Tianjin Hospital, China.
AIM Pulmonary embolism is a third leading cause of death in trauma patients. The prevalence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in… 
2001
2001
An oblique arc capable patient positioning system for sequential tomotherapy.
A new patient positioning system has been designed and manufactured, allowing for the accurate delivery of obliquely oriented… 
2000
2000
A clinical evaluation of setup errors for a prostate immobilization system
A prostate treatment immobilization system was evaluated with respect to setup errors and efficiency for a specific treatment… 
1999
1999
The importance of computed tomography slice thickness in radiographic patient positioning for radiosurgery.
A new radiographic patient positioning technique developed for radiosurgery has been analyzed to show the effect of computed… 
1999
1999
Reducing cardiac dose in post-operative irradiation of breast cancer patients: the relative importance of patient positioning and CT scan planning.
Left-sided post-operative radiotherapy fields for the treatment of breast cancer inevitably encompass the heart within the… 
1997
1997
Image guided microsurgery with a semifreehand neuronavigational device.
There is only limited experience with neuronavigators among the neurosurgical community so far. We evaluated such a prototype… 
1991
1991
Comparison of imaging properties of a computed radiography system and screen-film systems.
To compare the diagnostic quality of images obtained with a computed radiography (CR) system based on storage phosphor technology… 
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