Treatment Planning Plan Content

Summary

This profile describes the RT Plan content exchanged between Treatment Planning Systems (TPS), Treatment Management Systems (TMS) or other TPS's. The purpose for this profile is to ensure accurate and automatic transfer of the planning information into the treatment management system for treatment delivery without ambiguity and human data entry or into another TPS for re-calculation or re-planning. This profile addresses a broad variety of treatment techniques that exist in Radiation Therapy. The Treatment Planning System is responsible to provide all Beam Parameters (including SRS cones, wedges, and other accessories) pertinent to the treatment technique applied for a specific plan. This information must be seamlessly transferred from the TPS to the TMS and from one TPS to another.

Benefits

Treatment parameters are not lost nor misinterpreted by the TMS or control system of the Linac.

Systems Affected

• Treatment Planning Systems (TPS) that create the RT plans.
• Treatment Management Systems (TMS) that import the plan and prepare it for treatment tracking.
• Treatment Delivery Devices (TDD) that use the plan content for delivery.

Actors & Transactions:

Specification

Profile Status: Final Text

Documents:

Full RO Framework: RO Framework Final text for TPPC

TPPC Supplement only: File:Ihe ro suppl tppc rev1.7.pdf Final draft of Supplement

Underlying Standards: DICOM

See Also

Related Profiles

Consumer Information

The TPPC FAQ answers typical questions about what the Profile does.

The TPPC Purchasing describes considerations when purchasing equipment to deploy this Profile.

Implementer Information

The TPPC Implementation provides additional information about implementing this Profile in software.

Reference Articles

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