Moldable tissue equivalent bolus for high-energy photon and electron therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1547-1549

  Dubois, Donald ^a   Bice, William ^a   Bradford, Brant ^a   Schneid, Thomas ^a   Engelmeier, Robert ^b  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

bolus; electrons; model structural; photons; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

BOLUS; BOLUS MATERIAL; CENTRAL AXIS; DENTAL CLINICS; HIGH ENERGY PHOTONS; IRREGULAR SURFACE; SURFACE SMOOTHING; WATER EQUIVALENT;

PHOTONS;

BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON RADIATION; MODEL; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0029791176     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597820     Document Type: Article

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