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B Patyal - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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su ff t 475 dicom rt data transfer from odyssey treatment planning system to siemens linear accelerators using aria record and verify software a multi vendor environment
Medical Physics, 2009Co-Authors: V Lingampally, A Ghebremedhin, S Leeds, B PatyalAbstract:Purpose: To interface Radiotherapy Equipment across three different vendor products. Methods and Materials: Our treatment planning is system Odyssey by Permedics, treatment machines are by Siemens and the software interfacing between these two is ARIA by Varian. Although all three products came with DICOM standard conformance, we encountered many problems during the commissioning of this interface. Some of the issues were inability to transfer a plan with multiple prescriptions, exporting a plan with virtual wedges or manual apertures and exporting electron beams. Most of the issues were resolved by working with the vendor of our treatment planning system. ARIA did not support Siemens MLC, because it looked for a tertiary collimation of Varian linac.Treatment planning system had to be modified to supply X1 and X2 jaw information to ARIA before MLC data could be transferred from treatment planning system to the Siemens linac through ARIA. To run IMRTsoftware on Siemens Primus through ARIA, Primus had to be upgraded with an IM‐MAXX software.Results: The issues related to interfacing from different vendors were best handled by working with individual vendors. All vendors were willing and happy to work on solving these problems. Odyssey treatment planning system is now successfully interfaced to Siemens linear accelerators through Varian ARIA record and verify software. The DICOM RT data transfer from Odyssey treatment planning system to treatment machines through ARIA was tested and implemented for routine clinical use. Conclusions: Even though all Radiotherapy Equipment from different vendors is supposedly in conformance with DICOM standard, one will encounter problems while interfacing Equipment from different vendors. To resolve these problems one has to work with various vendors. Extra care is needed during commissioning the interface across multiple vendors and its clinical implementation.
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SU‐FF‐T‐475: DICOM‐RT Data Transfer From Odyssey Treatment Planning System to Siemens Linear Accelerators Using ARIA Record and Verify Software: A Multi‐Vendor Environment
Medical Physics, 2009Co-Authors: V Lingampally, A Ghebremedhin, S Leeds, B PatyalAbstract:Purpose: To interface Radiotherapy Equipment across three different vendor products. Methods and Materials: Our treatment planning is system Odyssey by Permedics, treatment machines are by Siemens and the software interfacing between these two is ARIA by Varian. Although all three products came with DICOM standard conformance, we encountered many problems during the commissioning of this interface. Some of the issues were inability to transfer a plan with multiple prescriptions, exporting a plan with virtual wedges or manual apertures and exporting electron beams. Most of the issues were resolved by working with the vendor of our treatment planning system. ARIA did not support Siemens MLC, because it looked for a tertiary collimation of Varian linac.Treatment planning system had to be modified to supply X1 and X2 jaw information to ARIA before MLC data could be transferred from treatment planning system to the Siemens linac through ARIA. To run IMRTsoftware on Siemens Primus through ARIA, Primus had to be upgraded with an IM‐MAXX software.Results: The issues related to interfacing from different vendors were best handled by working with individual vendors. All vendors were willing and happy to work on solving these problems. Odyssey treatment planning system is now successfully interfaced to Siemens linear accelerators through Varian ARIA record and verify software. The DICOM RT data transfer from Odyssey treatment planning system to treatment machines through ARIA was tested and implemented for routine clinical use. Conclusions: Even though all Radiotherapy Equipment from different vendors is supposedly in conformance with DICOM standard, one will encounter problems while interfacing Equipment from different vendors. To resolve these problems one has to work with various vendors. Extra care is needed during commissioning the interface across multiple vendors and its clinical implementation.
V Lingampally - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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su ff t 475 dicom rt data transfer from odyssey treatment planning system to siemens linear accelerators using aria record and verify software a multi vendor environment
Medical Physics, 2009Co-Authors: V Lingampally, A Ghebremedhin, S Leeds, B PatyalAbstract:Purpose: To interface Radiotherapy Equipment across three different vendor products. Methods and Materials: Our treatment planning is system Odyssey by Permedics, treatment machines are by Siemens and the software interfacing between these two is ARIA by Varian. Although all three products came with DICOM standard conformance, we encountered many problems during the commissioning of this interface. Some of the issues were inability to transfer a plan with multiple prescriptions, exporting a plan with virtual wedges or manual apertures and exporting electron beams. Most of the issues were resolved by working with the vendor of our treatment planning system. ARIA did not support Siemens MLC, because it looked for a tertiary collimation of Varian linac.Treatment planning system had to be modified to supply X1 and X2 jaw information to ARIA before MLC data could be transferred from treatment planning system to the Siemens linac through ARIA. To run IMRTsoftware on Siemens Primus through ARIA, Primus had to be upgraded with an IM‐MAXX software.Results: The issues related to interfacing from different vendors were best handled by working with individual vendors. All vendors were willing and happy to work on solving these problems. Odyssey treatment planning system is now successfully interfaced to Siemens linear accelerators through Varian ARIA record and verify software. The DICOM RT data transfer from Odyssey treatment planning system to treatment machines through ARIA was tested and implemented for routine clinical use. Conclusions: Even though all Radiotherapy Equipment from different vendors is supposedly in conformance with DICOM standard, one will encounter problems while interfacing Equipment from different vendors. To resolve these problems one has to work with various vendors. Extra care is needed during commissioning the interface across multiple vendors and its clinical implementation.
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SU‐FF‐T‐475: DICOM‐RT Data Transfer From Odyssey Treatment Planning System to Siemens Linear Accelerators Using ARIA Record and Verify Software: A Multi‐Vendor Environment
Medical Physics, 2009Co-Authors: V Lingampally, A Ghebremedhin, S Leeds, B PatyalAbstract:Purpose: To interface Radiotherapy Equipment across three different vendor products. Methods and Materials: Our treatment planning is system Odyssey by Permedics, treatment machines are by Siemens and the software interfacing between these two is ARIA by Varian. Although all three products came with DICOM standard conformance, we encountered many problems during the commissioning of this interface. Some of the issues were inability to transfer a plan with multiple prescriptions, exporting a plan with virtual wedges or manual apertures and exporting electron beams. Most of the issues were resolved by working with the vendor of our treatment planning system. ARIA did not support Siemens MLC, because it looked for a tertiary collimation of Varian linac.Treatment planning system had to be modified to supply X1 and X2 jaw information to ARIA before MLC data could be transferred from treatment planning system to the Siemens linac through ARIA. To run IMRTsoftware on Siemens Primus through ARIA, Primus had to be upgraded with an IM‐MAXX software.Results: The issues related to interfacing from different vendors were best handled by working with individual vendors. All vendors were willing and happy to work on solving these problems. Odyssey treatment planning system is now successfully interfaced to Siemens linear accelerators through Varian ARIA record and verify software. The DICOM RT data transfer from Odyssey treatment planning system to treatment machines through ARIA was tested and implemented for routine clinical use. Conclusions: Even though all Radiotherapy Equipment from different vendors is supposedly in conformance with DICOM standard, one will encounter problems while interfacing Equipment from different vendors. To resolve these problems one has to work with various vendors. Extra care is needed during commissioning the interface across multiple vendors and its clinical implementation.
Colin D Mackay - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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functional intercomparison of intraoperative Radiotherapy Equipment photon radiosurgery system
Radiation Oncology, 2007Co-Authors: Kris S Armoogum, Salam K Souliman, J. Parry, David Sutton, Colin D MackayAbstract:Background Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT) is a method by which a critical radiation dose is delivered to the tumour bed immediately after surgical excision. It is being investigated whether a single high dose of radiation will impart the same clinical benefit as a standard course of external beam therapy. Our centre has four Photon Radiosurgery Systems (PRS) currently used to irradiate breast and neurological sites.
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Functional intercomparison of intraoperative Radiotherapy Equipment – Photon Radiosurgery System
Radiation Oncology, 2007Co-Authors: Kris S Armoogum, Salam K Souliman, John M Parry, David G Sutton, Colin D MackayAbstract:Background Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT) is a method by which a critical radiation dose is delivered to the tumour bed immediately after surgical excision. It is being investigated whether a single high dose of radiation will impart the same clinical benefit as a standard course of external beam therapy. Our centre has four Photon Radiosurgery Systems (PRS) currently used to irradiate breast and neurological sites. Materials and methods The PRS comprises an x-ray generator, control console, quality assurance tools and a mobile gantry. We investigated the dosimetric characteristics of each source and its performance stability over a period of time. We investigated half value layer, output diminution factor, internal radiation monitor (IRM) reproducibility and depth-doses in water. The half value layer was determined in air by the broad beam method, using high purity aluminium attenuators. To quantify beam hardening at clinical depths, solid water attenuators of 5 and 10 mm were placed between the x-ray probe and attenuators. The ion chamber current was monitored over 30 minutes to deduce an output diminution factor. IRM reproducibility was investigated under various exposures. Depth-dose curves in water were obtained at distances up to 35 mm from the probe. Results The mean energies for the beam attenuated by 5 and 10 mm of solid water were derived from ICRU Report 17 and found to be 18 and 24 keV. The average output level over a period of 30 minutes was found to be 99.12%. The average difference between the preset IRM limit and the total IRM count was less than 0.5%. For three x-ray sources, the average difference between the calculated and actual treatment times was found to be 0.62% (n = 30). The beam attenuation in water varied by approximately 1/r^3. Conclusion The x-ray sources are stable over time. Most measurements were found to lie within the manufacturer's tolerances and an intercomparison of these checks suggests that the four x-ray sources have similar performance characteristics.
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Functional intercomparison of intraoperative Radiotherapy Equipment – Photon Radiosurgery System
Radiation oncology (London England), 2007Co-Authors: Kris S Armoogum, Salam K Souliman, J. Parry, David Sutton, Colin D MackayAbstract:Background Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT) is a method by which a critical radiation dose is delivered to the tumour bed immediately after surgical excision. It is being investigated whether a single high dose of radiation will impart the same clinical benefit as a standard course of external beam therapy. Our centre has four Photon Radiosurgery Systems (PRS) currently used to irradiate breast and neurological sites.
S Leeds - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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su ff t 475 dicom rt data transfer from odyssey treatment planning system to siemens linear accelerators using aria record and verify software a multi vendor environment
Medical Physics, 2009Co-Authors: V Lingampally, A Ghebremedhin, S Leeds, B PatyalAbstract:Purpose: To interface Radiotherapy Equipment across three different vendor products. Methods and Materials: Our treatment planning is system Odyssey by Permedics, treatment machines are by Siemens and the software interfacing between these two is ARIA by Varian. Although all three products came with DICOM standard conformance, we encountered many problems during the commissioning of this interface. Some of the issues were inability to transfer a plan with multiple prescriptions, exporting a plan with virtual wedges or manual apertures and exporting electron beams. Most of the issues were resolved by working with the vendor of our treatment planning system. ARIA did not support Siemens MLC, because it looked for a tertiary collimation of Varian linac.Treatment planning system had to be modified to supply X1 and X2 jaw information to ARIA before MLC data could be transferred from treatment planning system to the Siemens linac through ARIA. To run IMRTsoftware on Siemens Primus through ARIA, Primus had to be upgraded with an IM‐MAXX software.Results: The issues related to interfacing from different vendors were best handled by working with individual vendors. All vendors were willing and happy to work on solving these problems. Odyssey treatment planning system is now successfully interfaced to Siemens linear accelerators through Varian ARIA record and verify software. The DICOM RT data transfer from Odyssey treatment planning system to treatment machines through ARIA was tested and implemented for routine clinical use. Conclusions: Even though all Radiotherapy Equipment from different vendors is supposedly in conformance with DICOM standard, one will encounter problems while interfacing Equipment from different vendors. To resolve these problems one has to work with various vendors. Extra care is needed during commissioning the interface across multiple vendors and its clinical implementation.
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SU‐FF‐T‐475: DICOM‐RT Data Transfer From Odyssey Treatment Planning System to Siemens Linear Accelerators Using ARIA Record and Verify Software: A Multi‐Vendor Environment
Medical Physics, 2009Co-Authors: V Lingampally, A Ghebremedhin, S Leeds, B PatyalAbstract:Purpose: To interface Radiotherapy Equipment across three different vendor products. Methods and Materials: Our treatment planning is system Odyssey by Permedics, treatment machines are by Siemens and the software interfacing between these two is ARIA by Varian. Although all three products came with DICOM standard conformance, we encountered many problems during the commissioning of this interface. Some of the issues were inability to transfer a plan with multiple prescriptions, exporting a plan with virtual wedges or manual apertures and exporting electron beams. Most of the issues were resolved by working with the vendor of our treatment planning system. ARIA did not support Siemens MLC, because it looked for a tertiary collimation of Varian linac.Treatment planning system had to be modified to supply X1 and X2 jaw information to ARIA before MLC data could be transferred from treatment planning system to the Siemens linac through ARIA. To run IMRTsoftware on Siemens Primus through ARIA, Primus had to be upgraded with an IM‐MAXX software.Results: The issues related to interfacing from different vendors were best handled by working with individual vendors. All vendors were willing and happy to work on solving these problems. Odyssey treatment planning system is now successfully interfaced to Siemens linear accelerators through Varian ARIA record and verify software. The DICOM RT data transfer from Odyssey treatment planning system to treatment machines through ARIA was tested and implemented for routine clinical use. Conclusions: Even though all Radiotherapy Equipment from different vendors is supposedly in conformance with DICOM standard, one will encounter problems while interfacing Equipment from different vendors. To resolve these problems one has to work with various vendors. Extra care is needed during commissioning the interface across multiple vendors and its clinical implementation.
A Ghebremedhin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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su ff t 475 dicom rt data transfer from odyssey treatment planning system to siemens linear accelerators using aria record and verify software a multi vendor environment
Medical Physics, 2009Co-Authors: V Lingampally, A Ghebremedhin, S Leeds, B PatyalAbstract:Purpose: To interface Radiotherapy Equipment across three different vendor products. Methods and Materials: Our treatment planning is system Odyssey by Permedics, treatment machines are by Siemens and the software interfacing between these two is ARIA by Varian. Although all three products came with DICOM standard conformance, we encountered many problems during the commissioning of this interface. Some of the issues were inability to transfer a plan with multiple prescriptions, exporting a plan with virtual wedges or manual apertures and exporting electron beams. Most of the issues were resolved by working with the vendor of our treatment planning system. ARIA did not support Siemens MLC, because it looked for a tertiary collimation of Varian linac.Treatment planning system had to be modified to supply X1 and X2 jaw information to ARIA before MLC data could be transferred from treatment planning system to the Siemens linac through ARIA. To run IMRTsoftware on Siemens Primus through ARIA, Primus had to be upgraded with an IM‐MAXX software.Results: The issues related to interfacing from different vendors were best handled by working with individual vendors. All vendors were willing and happy to work on solving these problems. Odyssey treatment planning system is now successfully interfaced to Siemens linear accelerators through Varian ARIA record and verify software. The DICOM RT data transfer from Odyssey treatment planning system to treatment machines through ARIA was tested and implemented for routine clinical use. Conclusions: Even though all Radiotherapy Equipment from different vendors is supposedly in conformance with DICOM standard, one will encounter problems while interfacing Equipment from different vendors. To resolve these problems one has to work with various vendors. Extra care is needed during commissioning the interface across multiple vendors and its clinical implementation.
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SU‐FF‐T‐475: DICOM‐RT Data Transfer From Odyssey Treatment Planning System to Siemens Linear Accelerators Using ARIA Record and Verify Software: A Multi‐Vendor Environment
Medical Physics, 2009Co-Authors: V Lingampally, A Ghebremedhin, S Leeds, B PatyalAbstract:Purpose: To interface Radiotherapy Equipment across three different vendor products. Methods and Materials: Our treatment planning is system Odyssey by Permedics, treatment machines are by Siemens and the software interfacing between these two is ARIA by Varian. Although all three products came with DICOM standard conformance, we encountered many problems during the commissioning of this interface. Some of the issues were inability to transfer a plan with multiple prescriptions, exporting a plan with virtual wedges or manual apertures and exporting electron beams. Most of the issues were resolved by working with the vendor of our treatment planning system. ARIA did not support Siemens MLC, because it looked for a tertiary collimation of Varian linac.Treatment planning system had to be modified to supply X1 and X2 jaw information to ARIA before MLC data could be transferred from treatment planning system to the Siemens linac through ARIA. To run IMRTsoftware on Siemens Primus through ARIA, Primus had to be upgraded with an IM‐MAXX software.Results: The issues related to interfacing from different vendors were best handled by working with individual vendors. All vendors were willing and happy to work on solving these problems. Odyssey treatment planning system is now successfully interfaced to Siemens linear accelerators through Varian ARIA record and verify software. The DICOM RT data transfer from Odyssey treatment planning system to treatment machines through ARIA was tested and implemented for routine clinical use. Conclusions: Even though all Radiotherapy Equipment from different vendors is supposedly in conformance with DICOM standard, one will encounter problems while interfacing Equipment from different vendors. To resolve these problems one has to work with various vendors. Extra care is needed during commissioning the interface across multiple vendors and its clinical implementation.
