Hospital beds for stroke patients are typically elevated at the head, however, a flat head position before surgical removal of a blood clot in the brain (thrombectomy) may lead to better outcomes.

The experimental setup, showing a mannequin training head on the couch of a TrueBeam linac. The cameras of the Catalyst HD optical surface tracking are attached to the ceiling. (Courtesy: CC BY 4.0/J.

Having patients lie on their left side while the right side of their colon is being examined can result in more polyps being found, thus increasing the effectiveness of colonoscopy for colorectal ...