Water bag bolus in external air cavities to produce dose homogeneity

Robert E. Haselow; Faiz M. Khan; Subhash C. Sharma; Jeffrey Williamson

doi:10.1016/0360-3016(82)90399-6

Water bag bolus in external air cavities to produce dose homogeneity

Robert E. Haselow, Faiz M. Khan, Subhash C. Sharma, Jeffrey Williamson

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Abstract

High energy photon beams traversing large iatrogenic air cavities can lead to surface underdosage and overdosage because of high exit dose. A water bag bolus in such external cavities is a remarkably simple and reproducible means of producing dosage homogeneity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	137-139
Number of pages	3
Journal	International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
Volume	8
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0360-3016(82)90399-6
State	Published - Jan 1982

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Bolus
Tissue compensation

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