Web application in radiotherapy: the standardization of treatment planning and development of quantitative plan quality metrics

Treatment planning standardization efforts were made for the Stereotactic Radiosurgery(SRS) program at the Jewish General Hospital, Montreal. A standardized dose objective template for SRS was made in collaboration with physicians in our clinic. A web based platform was made for radiotherapy researc...

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Main Author: Fan, Michael
Other Authors: Francois Deblois (Internal/Cosupervisor2)
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Published: McGill University 2013
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spelling ndltd-LACETR-oai-collectionscanada.gc.ca-QMM.1197502014-02-13T04:12:04ZWeb application in radiotherapy: the standardization of treatment planning and development of quantitative plan quality metricsFan, MichaelPhysics - Radiation Treatment planning standardization efforts were made for the Stereotactic Radiosurgery(SRS) program at the Jewish General Hospital, Montreal. A standardized dose objective template for SRS was made in collaboration with physicians in our clinic. A web based platform was made for radiotherapy research and data analysis. The web platform was made with considerations for ease of distribution and customizability. A plan report module was made for the web platform to automatically analyze dose statistics and generate SRS plan reports. The plan report module was well received by dosimetrists in our clinic and reduced the labour required in plan evaluation. A total of 35 approved treatment plans were imported into the web application for analysis. A quantitative metric, Quality Index (QI), was developed to measure SRS plan compliance to the standardized plan evaluation template. The results show increased average QI and decreased QI variation between pre-release and post-release of the web application. The validation of QI as a quality indicator of a treatment plan warrants further study.Des efforts ont ete fait envers la standarisation de la planification de traitements pour le programme de radiochirurgie stereotactique (SRS) a l'Hopital General Juifde Montreal. Un modele standardise d'objectifs de dose pour la SRS a ete construit en collaboration avec les medecins clinique. Une plate-forme web a ete programme afin de faire l'analyse des donnees de recherche. Le web a ete choisis comme hote de la plate-forme en raison de la facilite de distribution et d'adaptation des applications web. Un module de redaction de rapports automatique est inclue dans la plate-forme pour effectuer une analyse statistique de la dose pour chaque plan et ensuite rediger un rapport. Le module a ete implante en clinique avec succes et une reduction marquee de la charge de travail requise pour l'evaluation des plans de traitement pour la SRS. Un total de 35 plans ont ete approuve pour l'importation dans la plateforme web pour l'analyse de donnees. Un metrique quantificatif surnomme L'index de Qualite (QI) a ete developpe pour evaluer l'adherence des plans au modele standard construit. Les resultats demontrent une hausse du QI ainsi qu'une baisse de la variance entre chaque plans suite a l'implantation de la plate-forme web. D'autres etudes doivent etre performes pour valider le QI en tant qu'indicateur de qualite de plans.McGill UniversityFrancois Deblois (Internal/Cosupervisor2)Gabriela Stroian (Internal/Supervisor)2013Electronic Thesis or Dissertationapplication/pdfenElectronically-submitted theses.All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.Master of Science (Medical Physics Unit) http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=119750
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Fan, Michael
Web application in radiotherapy: the standardization of treatment planning and development of quantitative plan quality metrics
description Treatment planning standardization efforts were made for the Stereotactic Radiosurgery(SRS) program at the Jewish General Hospital, Montreal. A standardized dose objective template for SRS was made in collaboration with physicians in our clinic. A web based platform was made for radiotherapy research and data analysis. The web platform was made with considerations for ease of distribution and customizability. A plan report module was made for the web platform to automatically analyze dose statistics and generate SRS plan reports. The plan report module was well received by dosimetrists in our clinic and reduced the labour required in plan evaluation. A total of 35 approved treatment plans were imported into the web application for analysis. A quantitative metric, Quality Index (QI), was developed to measure SRS plan compliance to the standardized plan evaluation template. The results show increased average QI and decreased QI variation between pre-release and post-release of the web application. The validation of QI as a quality indicator of a treatment plan warrants further study. === Des efforts ont ete fait envers la standarisation de la planification de traitements pour le programme de radiochirurgie stereotactique (SRS) a l'Hopital General Juifde Montreal. Un modele standardise d'objectifs de dose pour la SRS a ete construit en collaboration avec les medecins clinique. Une plate-forme web a ete programme afin de faire l'analyse des donnees de recherche. Le web a ete choisis comme hote de la plate-forme en raison de la facilite de distribution et d'adaptation des applications web. Un module de redaction de rapports automatique est inclue dans la plate-forme pour effectuer une analyse statistique de la dose pour chaque plan et ensuite rediger un rapport. Le module a ete implante en clinique avec succes et une reduction marquee de la charge de travail requise pour l'evaluation des plans de traitement pour la SRS. Un total de 35 plans ont ete approuve pour l'importation dans la plateforme web pour l'analyse de donnees. Un metrique quantificatif surnomme L'index de Qualite (QI) a ete developpe pour evaluer l'adherence des plans au modele standard construit. Les resultats demontrent une hausse du QI ainsi qu'une baisse de la variance entre chaque plans suite a l'implantation de la plate-forme web. D'autres etudes doivent etre performes pour valider le QI en tant qu'indicateur de qualite de plans.
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title Web application in radiotherapy: the standardization of treatment planning and development of quantitative plan quality metrics
title_short Web application in radiotherapy: the standardization of treatment planning and development of quantitative plan quality metrics
title_full Web application in radiotherapy: the standardization of treatment planning and development of quantitative plan quality metrics
title_fullStr Web application in radiotherapy: the standardization of treatment planning and development of quantitative plan quality metrics
title_full_unstemmed Web application in radiotherapy: the standardization of treatment planning and development of quantitative plan quality metrics
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