Impact of radiopacified bone cement on radiotherapy dose calculation

Background and purpose: Radiopacifiers are introduced to bone cements to provide the appearance of bone in kilovoltage (kV) radiographic images. For higher energy megavoltage (MV) radiotherapy treatment beams, however, these radiopacifiers do not cause a bone-like perturbation of dose. This study th...

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Main Authors: Scott B. Crowe, Jane Bennett, Marika Lathouras, Craig M. Lancaster, Steven R. Sylvander, Benjamin Chua, Catherine S. Bettington, Charles Y. Lin, Tanya Kairn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-04-01
Series:Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405631620300117