Mould Room In Radiotherapy

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Mould room in radiotherapy. Radiotherapy treatment is extremely accurate and it is therefore essential that the patient is able to lie in a position that is comfortable but also easy to reproduce every day and most importantly that they are very still. The mould room staff don t just make masks. Head and neck cancer patients may be positioned and immobilised in dedicated mould rooms or more frequently in the ct room. Clinical technologists physicists engineers and scientists.

Radiotherapy treatment planning radiotherapy needs to be planned for each individual and there are several planning sessions needed before treatment can start. Mould room patients having radiotherapy for cancers of the head and neck will need to visit the mould room before treatment can commence in order to have a mask made. Mould room the first part of the radiotherapy planning involves a visit to the mould room. These devices are primarily designed to immobilise the area during treatment so that the radiotherapy can be delivered.

Moulds are also known as bds beam directional shells or thermoplastic shells and they can be referred to as a mask. External beam radiotherapy is delivered by a machine which has a shaping device within the linear accelerator head rather than on the patient. This equipment is specific to superficial and orthovoltage radiation. As part of pre treatment planning some patients may require a mould to be made for example patients requiring treatment to the head and neck region.

The mould room technologists are specially trained in the production of masks shields and other devices used for radiotherapy treatment. If this is the case you may need some wax to be shaped for you to allow for the radiotherapy treatment to be given evenly over your tumour. The mould room at the beatson west of scotland cancer centre provides a clinical and technical service for patients that require a course of radiotherapy treatment to the head and neck and in some cases the chest area and limbs. The mould ensures the patient.

Most often they use a special kind of plastic heated in warm water so that it becomes soft and pliable. This mask ensures that you keep as still as possibly while the treatment is underway. Our mould room team make other equipment needed for radiotherapy as well as masks. In some people their tumour is very close to the skin surface.

To achieve this immobilisation devices are used. For all appointments please report to the reception desk in the edinburgh cancer centre. A mould technician or radiographer makes the mask in the mould room of the radiotherapy department or during your ct planning scan.