Open AccessAutomating checks of plan check automation
Author(s) -
Halabi Tarek,
Lu HsiaoMing
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of applied clinical medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.83
H-Index - 48
ISSN - 1526-9914
DOI - 10.1120/jacmp.v15i4.4889
Subject(s) - automation , plan (archaeology) , computer science , medical physics , systems engineering , engineering , medicine , mechanical engineering , archaeology , history
While a few physicists have designed new plan check automation solutions for their clinics, fewer, if any, managed to adapt existing solutions. As complex and varied as the systems they check, these programs must gain the full confidence of those who would run them on countless patient plans. The present automation effort, planCheck, therefore focuses on versatility and ease of implementation and verification. To demonstrate this, we apply planCheck to proton gantry, stereotactic proton gantry, stereotactic proton fixed beam (STAR), and IMRT treatments. PACS numbers: 87.55.km, 87.55.Qr, 87.55.T‐, 89.20.Bp