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ArticlePhysical and engineering sciences in medicine2021

Dosimetric characteristics of a thin bolus made of variable shape tungsten rubber for photon radiotherapy.

Katsuya Okuhata, Mikoto Tamura, Hajime Monzen, Yasumasa Nishimura

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Article in Physical and engineering sciences in medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors.

Katsuya OkuhataDepartment of Medical Physics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kindai University, 377-2 Onohigashi, Osakasayama, Osaka, 5898511, Japan.
Mikoto TamuraDepartment of Medical Physics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kindai University, 377-2 Onohigashi, Osakasayama, Osaka, 5898511, Japan.
Hajime MonzenDepartment of Medical Physics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kindai University, 377-2 Onohigashi, Osakasayama, Osaka, 5898511, Japan. hmon@med.kindai.ac.jp.
Yasumasa NishimuraDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, 377-2 Onohigashi, Osakasayama, Osaka, 5898511, Japan.

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI 19K08211Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI 19K17213
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we aim to clarify the dosimetric characteristics of a real time variable shape rubber containing tungsten (STR) as a thin bolus in 6-MV photon radiotherapy. The percentage depth doses (PDDs) and lateral dose profiles (irradiation field = 10 × 10  cm

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RubberTungstenPhantoms, ImagingRadiometryRadiotherapy DosageRubberTungstenPhoton radiotherapyThin bolusTungsten rubberVariable shape

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PMID34542835

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