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http://dx.doi.org/10.14316/pmp.2014.25.4.225

Characteristics of Photon Beam through a Handmade Build-Up Modifier as a Substitute of a Bolus  

Kim, Sung Joon (Department of Radiation Oncology, Kyungpook National University Hospital)
Lee, Seoung Jun (Department of Radiation Oncology, Kyungpook National University Hospital)
Moon, Su Ho (Department of Radiation Oncology, Kyungpook National University Hospital)
Seol, Ki Ho (Department of Radiation Oncology, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine)
Lee, Jeong Eun (Department of Radiation Oncology, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine)
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Progress in Medical Physics / v.25, no.4, 2014 , pp. 225-232 More about this Journal
Abstract
We evaluated the effect of scatter on a build-up region based on the measured percent depth dose (PDD) of high-energy photon beams that penetrated a handmade build-up modifier (BM) as a substitute of bolus. BM scatter factors ($S_{BM}$) were calculated based on the PDDs of photon beams that penetrated through the BM. The calculated $S_{BM}$ values were normalized to 1 at the square field side (SFS) of 30 mm without a BM. For the largest SFS (200 mm), the SBM values for a 6-MV beam were 1.331, 1.519, 1.598, 1.641, and 1.657 for the corresponding BM thickness values. For a 10-MV beam, the $S_{BM}$ values were 1.384, 1.662, 1.825, 1.913, and 2.001 for the corresponding BM thickness values. The BM yielded 76% of the bolus efficiency. We expect BM to become useful devices for deep-set patient body parts to which it is difficult to apply a bolus.
Keywords
Build-up modifier (BM); BM scatter factor ($S_{BM}$); Percent depth dose (PDD); Surface dose;
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