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Studying the Option to Form Depth Dose Distribution of an Electron Beam Using a 3D-Printed Plastic Bolus

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Effectiveness of the application of a 3D-printed plastic boluses for electron beam therapy is studied. Boluses are custom-made items intended to provide a required depth distribution of the absorbed dose. Limitations of currently used standard boluses are their simple form, fragility, and complex production. The approach proposed eliminates these disadvantages.

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This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 19-79-100014-П.

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  1. National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia

    E. Bushmina, A. Bulavskaya, A. Grigorieva, I. Miloichikova & S. Stuchebrov

  2. Cancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia

    I. Miloichikova

  3. State Regional Autonomous Budget Health Care Institution “Tomsk Regional Oncology Center, Tomsk, Russia

    M. Tatarchenko

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Bushmina, E., Bulavskaya, A., Grigorieva, A. et al. Studying the Option to Form Depth Dose Distribution of an Electron Beam Using a 3D-Printed Plastic Bolus. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 20, 1531–1533 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477123060079

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