Users Manual Part 2
IBA | 23-2 |
Clinical User’s Guide
Volume 1 - Treatment Session
|Part IV
- Using
ada
PT
prescribe
TPS-PTS Communication in Standalone Mode
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These are the different ways to import deliverable plans into the PTS database:
Entering data manually: this possibility only exists for treatment plans to be
delivered using the double scattering, uniform scanning or single scattering
delivery techniques. Pencil Beam Scanning plans cannot be created manually in
adaPTprescribe due to the big amount of data they contain. The data entered
manually are automatically stored in the PTS database. This way of entering
patient data into the PTS is usually executed offline (i.e. before patient
treatment/irradiation).
Using the batch importer: the batch importer is a process which continuously
runs in the PTS background. It waits for DICOM communications from other
machines, such as the TPS. Once it receives a plan from a given machine, it
performs a series of checks to verify that the received data corresponds to a
deliverable plan. Once the plan is successfully checked and accepted, the data
are stored in the PTS database. This way of entering patient data into the PTS is
usually executed offline (i.e. before patient treatment/irradiation).
Manual data import using the adaPTprescribe Import Patient command: the
user may browse and import a plan (in dcm format) from the local disk by using
the Import Patient button in adaPTprescribe. AdaPTprescribe performs a series
of checks similar to those executed by the batch importer to verify that the
imported data corresponds to a deliverable plan. Once the plan is successfully
checked and accepted, the data are stored in the PTS database.
Using the Batch Importer
This is workflow option A mentioned in Figure 23-1.
Using the batch importer (BI) implies that the TPS is connected to the PTS (BI)
without the use of an OIS. The definition of the prescription inside the PTS is done
by exporting the DICOM plan from the TPS to the PTS (BI). The BI stores the plan
from the TPS in the PTS database and then the plan can be baselined (using
adaPTprescribe) and the patient can be treated (using adaPTdeliver).
Note: Please consult the Release Note to see whether or not clinical use of the
batch importer is allowed.
WARNING Beam algorithms and parameters can be modified both on the TPS and
the PTS side. A similar algorithm and a parameter database to compute
equipment settings out of clinical parameters exists both on the PTS
and the TPS, which means there is a risk of inconsistent results.
As a treatment center, it is your responsibility to perform a set of quality
assurance measurements to verify the coherence between both
algorithms and parameter databases.