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. 2021 Apr 10:18:12-15.
doi: 10.1016/j.tipsro.2021.03.002. eCollection 2021 Jun.

Technical report: 3D-printed patient-specific scalp shield for hair preservation in total skin electron beam therapy

Elham Rahimy  1 , Lawrie Skinner  1 , Youn H Kim  2 , Richard T Hoppe  1
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Technical report: 3D-printed patient-specific scalp shield for hair preservation in total skin electron beam therapy

Elham Rahimy et al. Tech Innov Patient Support Radiat Oncol. .

Abstract

•Techniques for non-lead scalp-shielding in total skin therapy are lacking.•3D-printing is a promising technique for patient-specific conformal shielding.•We present a case of effective scalp shielding with 3D-printing.

Keywords: 3D-printing; Mycosis fungoides; Scalp preservation; Scalp shielding; TSEBT.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Fig. 1
Composite percent depth dose curve of TSEBT (6-dual field) with 9 MeV electron beam and 1 cm Lucite (PMMA) degrader. Reprinted from Ref. with permission from John Wiley and Sons.
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Fig. 2
(A) 3D-printed scalp shield for patient A, placed on a RANDO head phantom. Helmet shape was defined by the 3D scan of patient, and Rando phantom head is shown only for illustration. The outlined shaped is deliberately nonuniform as it fits precisely to his hairline and hair topography, a function of the handheld camera. (B) Tape was used to stabilize the scalp shield on the patient.
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