On bolus for megavoltage photon and electron radiation therapy

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 268-273

  Vyas, Vedang ^a,b   Palmer, Lisa ^b   Mudge, Ray ^b   Jiang, Runqing ^a,b   Fleck, Andre ^b   Schaly, Bryan ^c   Osei, Ernest ^a,b   Charland, Paule ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Grand River Regional Cancer Centre   (Canada)

^c LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bolus; Buildup; Contours; Skin; Tissue equivalent

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON THERAPY; HUMAN; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PHOTON THERAPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TOXICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BOLUS; BUILDUP; CONTOURS; SKIN; TISSUE EQUIVALENT;

ELECTRONS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHOTONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84881113521     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: 18734022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2013.02.007     Document Type: Review

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