A model of DICOM-based electronic patient record in radiation therapy

Intelligent ePR system for evidence-based research in radiotherapy: proton therapy for prostate cancer

“…The workflow, as shown in Fig. 2, describes general procedures involved in the entire treatment from when the patient enters the oncology department for consultation to follow-up after the treatment for prostate cancer, which is very similar to the general workflow of conventional radiation therapy [6,7].…”

“…The DICOM standard facilitates interoperability of systems claiming conformance in a multi-vendor environment is the defacto standard for such data transfer in medical imaging and informatics. In addition to the DICOM standard formats for diagnostic images, such as CT, MR, US, etc., the DICOM standard has provided support for the transfer of radiotherapy-related data between devices found within and outside a radiotherapy department by introducing seven DICOM-RT objects for conventional radiotherapy ( Supplement 11, 1996 and Supplement 29, 1998) and two more DICOM-RT-ION for proton therapy or ion therapy in general (Supplement 102, 2004) [6,7].…”

Knowledge-driven decision support for assessing dose distributions in radiation therapy of head and neck cancer

“…Since there is no straightforward computational procedure to assess whether a treatment plan is optimal, the planning process often relies on the clinician's experience and training, subjective estimates and general guidelines. Furthermore, the clinical workflow in radiation therapy treatment planning includes time-consuming iterations of planning algorithms [1][2][3]. Therefore, there is a need for decision support tools that can simplify this process by making it more methodical and evidence based.…”

DICOM-RT and Its Utilization in Radiation Therapy

“…Typically, the treatment plans are stored in the conventional TPS, with treatment records stored in another information system. The treatment information for a patient whose treatment Using the DICOM-RT standard and follow-ing the model of the PACS makes integration of radiation therapy information possible (15,16). All radiation therapy information and images from various sources can be converted to the DICOM-RT standard and integrated into a DICOM-based database.…”