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Treatment Immobilization

Treatment Immobilization is a clinical technique used in radiotherapy that belongs to the category of procedural methods designed to restrict patient movement, specifically distinguished by its purpose of ensuring precise and reproducible positioning of the patient during radiation delivery for skin cancer to maximize target accuracy and minimize exposure to surrounding healthy tissues.

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Cell death of motoneurons in the chick embryo spinal cord. IV. Evidence that a functional neuromuscular interaction is involved in the regulation of naturally occurring cell death and the stabilization of synapses

Randall Pittman, Ronald W. Oppenheim · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 1979 · 302 citations

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Use of Diammonium Phosphate to Reduce Heavy Metal Solubility and Transport in Smelter‐Contaminated Soil

S. L. McGowen, N. T. Basta, Glenn O. Brown · Journal of Environmental Quality · 2001 · 299 citations

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The effectiveness of an immobilization device in conformal radiotherapy for lung tumor: reduction of respiratory tumor movement and evaluation of the daily setup accuracy

Yoshiharu Negoro, Yasushi Nagata, Tetsuya Aoki et al. · International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2001 · 230 citations

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Early Mobilization Versus Immobilization in the Treatment of Lateral Ankle Sprains

M. Patrice Eiff, Allen T. Smith, Gary E. Smith · The American Journal of Sports Medicine · 1994 · 188 citations

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The influence of a rectal balloon tube as internal immobilization device on variations of volumes and dose-volume histograms during treatment course of conformal radiotherapy for prostate cancer

Stefan De Wachter, Natascha Gerstner, Daniela Dorner et al. · International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2002 · 169 citations

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    Gunilla C. Bentel

    Duke Medical Center, United States

    4 publications · 151 citations

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    Parminder S. Basran

    Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Canada

    3 publications · 118 citations

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  3. JD
    Jürgen Debus

    Heidelberg University, Germany

    3 publications · 94 citations

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  4. JE
    John E. McGary

    Baylor College of Medicine, United States

    3 publications · 127 citations

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  5. FL
    F. Lochray

    University of Toronto, Canada

    3 publications · 118 citations

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296

  1. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    8 h-index

    41 publications

    2.4K citations

  2. Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

    Toronto, Canada

    7 h-index

    26 publications

    2K citations

  3. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, United States

    5 h-index

    34 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    5 h-index

    17 publications

    502 citations

  5. University of Maryland, Baltimore

    Baltimore, United States

    4 h-index

    18 publications

    974 citations

  6. Heidelberg University

    Heidelberg, Germany

    4 h-index

    26 publications

    886 citations

  7. Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    13 publications

    310 citations

  8. Duke Medical Center

    Durham, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    162 citations

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  2. Radiotherapy and Oncology

    12 publications · 574 citations

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  3. Medical dosimetry

    14 publications · 307 citations

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  4. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

    JACMP · 9 publications · 246 citations

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  5. Medical Physics

    5 publications · 196 citations

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