Users Manual Part 1

IBA | 2-2 | Clinical User’s Guide
Volume 1 - Treatment Session
Starting Up Applications in the adaPT
Treatment Suite |
It is imperative that all clinically related activities are performed within the Clinical
environment. Therefore, this chapter provides some strict rules to obey, and outlines
guidelines on how to verify that the PTS is operated in a Clinical environment, or to
detect otherwise.
Beginning Clinical Operations
Make sure to comply with the warning messages in this section whenever clinical
operations get started.
Verifying the Global Checksum
A checksum mechanism is in place to detect possible changes or corruptions of
software configuration files and/or runtime executables. The Global Checksum
enables users to easily monitor unexpected changes in the software. The Global
Checksum should only change in case of a new installation of a PTS version or
configuration.
Important If, for any reason, you encounter a system message that reads 'Not
using clinical database', do not proceed with any clinical workflow.
Stop using the system and contact IBA.
WARNING Before starting daily clinically related activities, the Proton Therapy
System must be restarted completely through the startup procedure.
WARNING When starting up the Proton Therapy System, and before starting
clinically related operations, do check and log the software versions
running on the computer at startup.
In case of unexpected change, checksum issue, or warning of the
system's runtime, you must suspend all clinically related activities and
contact IBA personnel as the Proton Therapy System cannot be
guaranteed to satisfy safety and performance characteristics.