title: An improvement in the use of plaster bandage for patient contouring.
abstract: The setting time of plaster bandage used for patient contouring can be decreased by adding potassium sulfate to the dip water. A small amount of this inexpensive chemical can have a significant effect. This improvement gives the physicist sufficient control of the process so that contours may be made from plaster as quickly as they are made with stiff wire, but with improved accuracy.
authors.affiliation: Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn, New York.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Barish
mesh_terms: D001458:Bandages; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D002133:Calcium Sulfate; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D013431:Sulfates
chemical_list: D013431:Sulfates; C031512:potassium sulfate; D002133:Calcium Sulfate