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Bolus Design
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Purpose

The principal purpose of this work is to create a Monte Carlo BEAMnrc/EGSnrc model

of an electron beam delivery system. The system an Elekta Infinity linear accelerator stimulates

electrons percent depth measures and off-axis profiles to within an accurate forbearance gauge

(Low et al., 1992). 1 mm DTA (distance to agreement) or +2% relative quantities, if paralleled to

a subset of authorizing data for the accelerators exiting set of scattering applicators and foils.

Method

This model was made with the BEAMnrc user codes from vendor-provided

correspondence and plans with builder engineers under the nondisclosure contract. By toning the

great field cross beam profile designed by the model with measured data, the spatial distribution

of the original electron cradle was derived (Low et al., 1992). The was systemization and re-

sapling of the measured data about the central axis, and the simulation data was smoothed before

the normalization of the two data sets to reference the values along (CAX). To test the

hypothesis, the two data sets were compared.

Creation operators offer the first estimation of the bolus thickness. P the first of these

operators deigns the bolus in that the space of along the fan lines from the proximal surface of

the bolus to the distal surface of the target volume be constant for the water correspondent bolus.

By designing the bolus over the internal of the target volume minimizes these issues. Therefore,

the bolus thickness is designed along the rays that lie a distance within the target volume. The

idea of modification operator was put forward to make allowance for bolus misalignment. Bolus

design is used in radiotherapy treatment planning (Su et al., 2014). A set of Bolus design

operators have used a tool to design any acceptable bolus. Thus, electron bolus is specified by

the thickness along every fan from the surface of the skin back to its virtual source.
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Reference
1. Low, D. A., Starkschall, G., Bujnowski, S. W., Wang, L. L., & Hogstrom, K. R. (1992).
Electron bolus design for radiotherapy treatment planning: bolus design algorithms.
Medical physics, 19(1), 115-124.
2. Su, S., Moran, K., & Robar, J. L. (2014). Design and production of 3D printed bolus for
electron radiation therapy. Journal of applied clinical medical physics, 15(4), 194-211.