The Dry Run test for this study is simply a test of digital data submission capabilities. The treatment planning system to be used to plan patients on this study, whether it be using IMRT or 3DCRT, should be used for this digital data submission test. The test should should use data for a patient or phantom that has received the same modality (IMRT or 3DCRT) for which you are attempting to become credentialed. If you have performed a phantom experiment the submission of the phantom treatment planning data to the ITC may suffice as your dry run test. Please contact Bill Straube at the ITC to determine if your phantom submission is sufficient for a test of digital data submission.
The first protocol case you submit will be reviewed by the study chairs in a timely fashion and feedback concerning the review will be communicated to your institution. We ask that no subsequent patients be registered on the study by your institution until you have received this feedback. If there are major problems with the first case, the second case may be subject to a timely review as well.
The first protocol case you submit will be reviewed by the study chairs in a timely fashion and feedback concerning the review will be related back to your institution. We ask that no subsequent patients be registered on the study by your institution until you have received this feedback. If there are major problems with the first case, the second case may be subject to a timely review as well.
Digital
patient treatment planning data must be submitted in digital format to the ITC.
This digital data must comply with one of two possible formats:
Contact the ITC if you have any questions about either of
these formats or your RTP system’s ability to comply with these requirements.
Using
either of the formats identified above, the following data must be submitted to
the ITC:
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1) |
CT scan series; |
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2) |
Contours for
all critical normal structures, GTV, CTV and PTVs; |
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3) |
Beam geometry
(not required for IMRT cases); |
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4) |
Dose matrix for each
fraction group (Note: each dose matrix submitted represents the
absolute dose delivered for all fractions of a given fraction group); and |
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5) |
DVH's for the total dose plan for PTVs and all critical normal structures (Note: DVHs are only required for total dose, not for individual fraction groups). |
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6) |
Three hard copy isodose distributions for the total dose
plan absolute dose. The isodose images must be isodoses superimposed on gray scale
CT anatomy and must include one axial, one sagittal and one coronal through
the treatment isocenter. |
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7) |
Completed Digital Data submission information form. |
W.L. Straube
5/19/06