26 / 06 / 2014
More UHNS ResearchI spent two more days at University Hospital North Staffordshire this week, researching materials and techniques the hospital uses, and talking to the people that work in the hidden but no-less important departments.
The box contains Dr Josep Sulé-Suso’s excellent 3D radiotherapy demonstration machine. It can show a patient exactly what will happen to them in full 3D using their own CT scan to produce imagery. More info here.
I also got my hand cast in polyester casting tape in the fracture clinic.
This is a cast of my head made using a sheet of thermoplastic. These are used to ensure a patients position is reproducible for each round of treatment.