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Usability assessment of thermoplastic Bolus for skin VMAT radiotherapy  

Kim, Min Soo (Radiation Oncology Department, Yong-in Severance Hospital)
Kim, Joo Ho (Radiation Oncology Department, Yong-in Severance Hospital)
Shin, Hyun Kyung (Radiation Oncology Department, Yong-in Severance Hospital)
Cho, Min Seok (Radiation Oncology Department, Yong-in Severance Hospital)
Park, Ga Yeon (Radiation Oncology Department, Yong-in Severance Hospital)
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The Journal of Korean Society for Radiation Therapy / v.32, no., 2020 , pp. 85-92 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: To find out the advantages of thermoplastic bolus compared to conventional bolus, which is mainly used in clinical practice, We evaluated Two cases in terms of dose and location reproducibility to assess Usability of thermoplastic Bolus for skin VMAT radiotherapy. Materials and Methods: Two patient's treated with left breast skin lesion were simulated using thermoplastic Bolus and planned with 2arc VMAT. the prescription dose was irradiated to 95% or more of the target volume. We evaluated The reproducibility of the bolus position by measuring the length of the air gap in the CBCT (Cone Beam CT) image. to evaluate dose reproducibility, we compared The dose distribution in the plan and CBCT and measured in vivo for patient 2. Results: The difference between the air gap in patient 1's simulation CT and the mean air gap (M1) during 10 treatments in the CBCT image was -0.42±1.24mm. In patient 2, the difference between the average air gap between the skin and the bolus (M2) during 14 treatments was -1.08±1.3mm, and the air gap between the bolus (M3) was 0.49±1.16. The difference in the dose distribution between Plan CT and CBCT was -1.38% for PTV1 D95 and 0.39% for SKIN (max) in patient 1. In patient 2, PTV1 D95 showed a difference of 0.63% and SKIN (max) -0.53%. The in vivo measurement showed a difference of -1.47% from the planned dose. Conclusion: thermoplastic Bolus is simpler and takes less time to manufacture compared to those produced by 3D printer. Also compared to conventional bolus, it has high reproducibility in the set-up side and stable results in terms of dose delivery.
Keywords
thermoplastic bolus; hard bolus; skin; surface dose; air gap; EZ-Bolus; thermoplastic;
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