A customized bolus produced using a 3-dimensional printer for radiotherapy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Kim, Shin Wook ^a   Shin, Hun Joo ^a   Kay, Chul Seung ^a   Son, Seok Hyun ^a  

^a Bupyeong gu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 DIMENSIONAL PRINTER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PHANTOM; PRINTING; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE ESCALATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PRINTING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84908398328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110746     Document Type: Article

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