The exchange of radiotherapy data as part of an electronic patient-referral system

Lomax, A; Grossmann, M; Cozzi, L; Tercier, P A; Boehringer, T; Schneider, U; Logean, M; Volken, W; Ratib, O; Miralbell, R (2000). The exchange of radiotherapy data as part of an electronic patient-referral system. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 47(5), pp. 1449-56. New York, N.Y.: Elsevier 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00544-7

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PURPOSE: To describe the implementation and use of an electronic patient-referral system as an aid to the efficient referral of patients to a remote and specialized treatment center. METHODS AND MATERIALS: A system for the exchange of radiotherapy data between different commercial planning systems and a specially developed planning system for proton therapy has been developed through the use of the PAPYRUS diagnostic image standard as an intermediate format. To ensure the cooperation of the different TPS manufacturers, the number of data sets defined for transfer has been restricted to the three core data sets of CT, VOIs, and three-dimensional dose distributions. As a complement to the exchange of data, network-wide application-sharing (video-conferencing) technologies have been adopted to provide methods for the interactive discussion and assessment of treatments plans with one or more partner clinics. RESULTS: Through the use of evaluation plans based on the exchanged data, referring clinics can accurately assess the advantages offered by proton therapy on a patient-by-patient basis, while the practicality or otherwise of the proposed treatments can simultaneously be assessed by the proton therapy center. Such a system, along with the interactive capabilities provided by video-conferencing methods, has been found to be an efficient solution to the problem of patient assessment and selection at a specialized treatment center, and is a necessary first step toward the full electronic integration of such centers with their remotely situated referral centers.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Radiation Oncology > Medical Radiation Physics
UniBE Contributor:	Volken, Werner
ISSN:	0360-3016
ISBN:	10889401
Publisher:	Elsevier
Language:	English
Submitter:	Factscience Import
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 15:03
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:19
Publisher DOI:	10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00544-7
PubMed ID:	10889401
Web of Science ID:	000088202600034
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/27374 (FactScience: 106843)