Treatment Planning System Information

 

Below are the 3 PBI benchmark cases, which have been saved as UNIX files. This enables all Pinnacle users to import the CT image sets into their treatment planning systems. These data sets can be restored as is on a Pinnacle workstation by using the Pinnacle Launch Pad Restore utility. No physics data are included with this archive so it can be restored into an existing institution. The user will need to select his or her own CT table when first opening the plan.

1. Upon clicking on a link, you will be asked to either "open" or "save" the current file;  Choose "save." 
2. You will then be asked to choose a location for the file. 
3. Choose a location on one of your computer's available hard drives or network hard drives.  Please take note of the location for future reference. 
4. After it is downloaded to your system, the file can then be burned on to a CD ROM or copied to a removable drive, such as flash memory. 
5. You can then transfer the file to your treatment planning machine via CD ROM or the flash memory if available.

Note:  Philips Pinnacle is not ATC compliant for HDR Brachytherapy

Ø      Multi-Catheter(52 CT images.) The GTV can be found on slices 150.43 cm through 153.13 cm.

v     PBI – Multi-Catheter Dosimetry Summary (complete online ).

Ø       MammoSite (90 CT images.)

v     PBI – MammoSite Dosimetry Summary (complete online).

Ø       3D-CRT (130 CT images.) The GTV can be found on slices 14.32 cm through 17.32 cm.

v      PBI – 3D CRT Dosimetry Summary (complete online

1.      The following data are to be submitted digitally

a.      CT images

b.      Protocol-compliant structures

c.      Beam geometry or brachytherapy source parameters

d.      3D dose distributions (absolute dose) for all fraction groups

e.      DVHs for the total dose plan

2. For each benchmark case submitted the institution must complete and submit the PBI 3D CRT Dosimetry Summary, the PBI - MammoSite/Multi-Catheter Dosimetry Summary (found above), as well as submit the plan and isodose plots in hard copy. Everything can be submitted via email, fax, snail mail or through the IROC Houston website.