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Radiology, Vol 130, 529-532, Copyright © 1979 by Radiological Society of North America

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Adjustable compensators for whole-brain irradiation

IA Lerch and J Newall

A compensator for use in irradiating the whole brain with parellel opposed lateral fields was made from a stack of thin tempered aluminum plates. This configuration gives a wide latitude of degrees of compensation and can accommodate a broad range of head sizes. Dosimetry studies indicate that overcompensation may be desirable to reduce the dose to the mid-coronal plane of the skull and scalp without seriously affecting the dose uniformity in the treatment volume.




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