title: Partial bolussing to improve the depth doses in the surface region of low energy electron beams.
abstract: In many low energy electron beams the surface dose is considerably less than the maximum dose, making them unsatisfactory for clinical application. A method is described for producing better surface dose uniformity in such beams. The method makes use of bolus applied to the patient for a fraction of each daily electron treatment. The technique is shown to be simple and practical. This approach is compared to more conventional techniques of using bolus in electron beams.
mesh_terms: D004583:Electrons; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D008954:Models, Biological; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage