| Question |
Answer |
Answer count |
| Clinical or R and D caseload intended |
All above |
2 |
| Clinical or R and D caseload intended |
Prostate motion tracking |
6 |
| Date installed : Please enter date installed here |
1/9/2009 |
1 |
| Date installed : Please enter date installed here |
April 2008 |
1 |
| Date installed : Please enter date installed here |
august 2009 |
1 |
| Date installed : Please enter date installed here |
feb 2009 |
1 |
| Dicom & communication issues |
No |
4 |
| Dicom & communication issues |
Yes |
1 |
| Did the equipment manufacturers specialist training meet your needs? |
No |
4 |
| Did the equipment manufacturers specialist training meet your needs? |
Yes |
3 |
| Did you need to purchase or use special equipment to commission the system |
No |
7 |
| Did you need to purchase or use special equipment to commission the system |
Yes |
1 |
| Do you intend to or did you have to hire additional staff to implement IGRT |
No |
6 |
| Do you intend to or did you have to hire additional staff to implement IGRT |
Yes |
2 |
| Do you use complimentary motion management systems such as breathing control, fiducial tracking or other, if so please specify here
|
Breathing control |
1 |
| Do you use complimentary motion management systems such as breathing control, fiducial tracking or other, if so please specify here
|
no although resp gating is available but not in use |
1 |
| Do you use complimentary motion management systems such as breathing control, fiducial tracking or other, if so please specify here
|
yes, fiducials for prostate patients |
1 |
| Do/did you follow international guidelines for this QA work |
No |
7 |
| Do/did you follow international guidelines for this QA work |
Yes |
1 |
| Dose to patient and dosimetric stability |
No |
8 |
| Ease of daily clinical use : Please Score 1-10 here (eg;1 for difficult, 5 for satisfactory and 10 for easy/simple) |
1 |
9 |
| Ease of daily clinical use : Please Score 1-10 here (eg;1 for difficult, 5 for satisfactory and 10 for easy/simple) |
6 |
4 |
| Ease of daily clinical use : Please Score 1-10 here (eg;1 for difficult, 5 for satisfactory and 10 for easy/simple) |
7 |
1 |
| Ease of daily clinical use : Please Score 1-10 here (eg;1 for difficult, 5 for satisfactory and 10 for easy/simple) |
8 |
2 |
| Geometric accuracy (agreement of MV and kV beam isocentre) |
No |
7 |
| Geometric accuracy (agreement of MV and kV beam isocentre) |
Yes |
1 |
| Has the QA of the imaging system affected the time available for clinical use? |
No |
5 |
| Has the QA of the imaging system affected the time available for clinical use? |
Yes |
2 |
| Have you noted any degradation of image quality over time, if so how long system has been in use |
No |
5 |
| How much has the use of the system affected patient throughput?
Please specify here as an approximate percentage (ie 1% minimal impact to 99% huge impact!) |
1 |
1 |
| How much has the use of the system affected patient throughput?
Please specify here as an approximate percentage (ie 1% minimal impact to 99% huge impact!) |
10 |
1 |
| How much has the use of the system affected patient throughput?
Please specify here as an approximate percentage (ie 1% minimal impact to 99% huge impact!) |
25 |
1 |
| If yes, which aspects? Please specify here |
all aspects |
1 |
| If yes, which aspects? Please specify here |
application of results to pt |
1 |
| Image quality |
No |
7 |
| Image quality |
Yes |
1 |
| Is this changing over time with system familiarity? |
No |
5 |
| Is this changing over time with system familiarity? |
Yes |
2 |
| Issues dealing with artefacts |
No |
4 |
| Issues dealing with artefacts |
Yes |
1 |
| Location of work please specify |
london |
1 |
| Location of work please specify |
sydney, australia |
1 |
| Main reason for purchase |
Clinical implementation of an IGRT system |
4 |
| Main reason for purchase |
Research and Development system |
4 |
| Manufacturer and Model please specify |
Elekta |
1 |
| Manufacturer and Model please specify |
varian |
1 |
| Manufacturer and Model please specify |
Varian OBI |
1 |
| Manufacturer and Model please specify |
Varian Trilogy |
1 |
| Other caseload intended |
IMRT |
1 |
| Our purchase decision was based on: |
Functionality |
1 |
| Our purchase decision was based on: |
Please Specify |
5 |
| Our purchase decision was based on: |
Previous experience with manufacturer |
1 |
| Our purchase decision was based on: |
Price |
1 |
| Our purchase decision was based on: |
Specification |
1 |
| Registration and correction accuracy |
No |
8 |
| System mechanical safety |
No |
8 |
| System recalibration issues |
No |
4 |
| System recalibration issues |
Yes |
1 |
| Were do you work |
Other (Please specify) |
1 |
| Were do you work |
UK |
4 |
| Which type of IGRT system was purchased or used |
Both of the above in combination on a Linear accelerator |
3 |
| Which type of IGRT system was purchased or used |
Cone Beam CT system |
6 |
| Will existing staff absorb the workload |
No |
5 |
| Will existing staff absorb the workload |
Yes |
3 |
| Will this QA work take place during normal working hours |
No |
6 |
| Will this QA work take place during normal working hours |
Yes |
2 |
| Would you like further manufacturer user training, educational courses or CPD on aspects of IGRT? |
No |
4 |
| Would you like further manufacturer user training, educational courses or CPD on aspects of IGRT? |
Yes |
3 |
| Would you like to see an IGRT mentoring system introduced |
No |
4 |
| Would you like to see an IGRT mentoring system introduced |
Yes |
3 |
| Would you like to see/attend a certified "IGRT credential" based course |
No |
4 |
| Would you like to see/attend a certified "IGRT credential" based course |
Yes |
3 |