Physical Properties of Ethyl Methacrylate as a Bolus in Radiotherapy

Introduction Bolus is a soft and resilient material which is used for increasing skin dose or to even out the irregular patient contour. The main property of various materials used presently as bolus is the water-equivalent electron density. Ethyl methacrylate is used as a soft-liner in dentistry an...

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Main Authors: Atousa Montaseri, Mohammadreza Alinaghizadeh, Seied Rabi Mahdavi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2012-03-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Medical Physics
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Online Access:http://ijmp.mums.ac.ir/article_318_03270b87e821514f00062cb92527f5cd.pdf