Medical physics Question:

What is bolus?

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Answer:

Tissue equivalent material that is usually placed on the patient to increase the skin dose and/or even out irregular contours in the patients. When bolus is placed on the skin surface for megavoltage irradiation, skin sparing is lost.

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