Principles of Electron Conformal Therapy
Background Reading:
Modulated Electron Therapy (pdf)
PowerPoint Lecture:
Principles of Modulated Electron Therapy, Fall 2013 (ppt)
Clinical Examples of Bolus Electron Conformal Therapy, Fall 2013 (ppt)
Review Questions:
Additional Reading:
- MM Kim, RJ Kudchadker, JE Kanke, S Zhang, GH Perkins. Bolus electron conformal therapy for the treatment of recurrent inflammatory breast cancer: a case report. Med Dosim 37: 208-13, 2012.
- RJ Kudchadker, JA Antolak, WH Morrison, PF Wong, KR Hogstrom. Utilization of custom electron bolus in head and neck radiotherapy. J Appl Clin Med Phys 4: 321-33, 2003.
- DA Low, G Starkschall, NE Sherman, SW Bujnowski, JR Ewton, KR Hogstrom. Computer-aided design and fabrication of an electron bolus for treatment of the paraspinal muscles. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 33:1127-38, 1995.
- D Opp, K Forster, W Li, G Zhang, EE Harris. Evaluation of bolus electron conformal therapy compared with conventional techniques for the treatment of left chest wall postmastectomy in patients with breast cancer. Med Dosim 38:448-53, 2013.
- GH Perkins, MD McNeese, JA Antolak, TA Buchholz, EA Strom, KR Hogstrom. A custom three dimensional electron bolus technique for optimization of post-mastectomy irradiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 51: 1142-51, 2001.
- OA Zeidman, BD Chauhan, WW Estabrook, TR Willoughby, RR Manon, SL Meeks. Image-guided bolus electron conformal therapy- a case study. J Appl Clin Med Phys 12:68-75, 2011.