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A Customized Bolus Produced Using a 3-Dimensional Printer for Radiotherapy

OBJECTIVE: Boluses are used in high-energy radiotherapy in order to overcome the skin sparing effect. In practice though, commonly used flat boluses fail to make a perfect contact with the irregular surface of the patient’s skin, resulting in air gaps. Hence, we fabricated a customized bolus using a...

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Autores principales: Kim, Shin-Wook, Shin, Hun-Joo, Kay, Chul Seung, Son, Seok Hyun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4206462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25337700
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110746