Users Manual Part 2

Clinical User’s Guide IBA | 23-1 |
Volume 1 - Treatment Session
Chapter 23
TPS-PTS Communication in
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Standalone Mode
The standalone mode option can be used when you opt not to use the OIS, or if the
OIS is not available.
For each patient that will be treated by the PTS, patient data is stored in the PTS
database. To enable proton therapy treatment, specific study and treatment plan data
are also stored. These patient and treatment plan data are typically created using a
Treatment Planning System (TPS) and once created, need to be imported into the
PTS.
The adaPTprescribe application is used to manage patient, study, plan, and beam
data stored in the PTS database and to baseline beams and plans during beam
review. ‘Baselining’ means the approval for treatment and prohibition of further
modification.
Different options exist for entering treatment plan data into the PTS database.
However, the workflow that follows each one of these different options is identical.
Once all the required data is available in the PTS database, baselining is performed
using adaPTprescribe. All subsequent activities, i.e., patient and plan selection,
selection of the beam, preparation and treatment of the patient, creation of the
irradiation record, and local storage of that record in the PTS database are performed
using adaPTdeliver in ‘Stand Alone’ mode.
WARNING In the absence of an OIS, it is required that the clinical operator of the
Proton Therapy Center uses a paper-based Patient Chart and keeps
paper records of the delivered fractions.