india ink tattoo for radiation treatments

#INDIA INK TATTOO FOR RADIATION TREATMENTS SKIN#

Some departments will use tattoos on a patient's sides to align with the transverse lasers in order to level the patient. Also, an SSD to a tattoo can determine the isocentre depth within the patient. During set-up, an isocentre can be positioned within the patient by moving the treatment bed with reference to the tattoo. After the patient's beam arrangements and positions have been determined, the patient's set-up is referenced to the localisation tattoos. In radiation therapy departments, the permanent tattoos created during the patient's simulation session are documented and, if a CT scan is to be performed, highlighted using wire or another radio-opaque material so they can be easily visualised on the scan. The tattooing technique is variable and the tattoos vary in size, number and position dependant on the location of the field, the beam geometry and the particular department protocols.

To overcome this issue, most radiation therapy departments around the world today routinely use black India ink to create permanent tattoos on patients undergoing treatment to assist in daily straightening, levelling and field localisation. This repetitive application was time consuming, and the non-permanent quality of the inks meant that if the patient came back for further treatment, no history of beam placement existed on the patient's skin. These ink markings, made with substances such as henna, gentian violet and even permanent marker ink had to be re-drawn several times throughout treatment and washed away once treatment was completed.

#INDIA INK TATTOO FOR RADIATION TREATMENTS SKIN#

In the past, various temporary inks have been used to create marks on the skin of cancer patients to assist in their positioning prior to receiving radiation therapy.

A61B2090/395- Visible markers with marking agent for marking skin or other tissue.

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India ink tattoo for radiation treatments