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Can Surface Scanning Improve the Workflow of Elekta Linac Treatments?
| العنوان: | Can Surface Scanning Improve the Workflow of Elekta Linac Treatments? |
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| عناروين إضافية: | Kan ytskanning förbättra arbetsflödet för behandlingar med Elekta Linac? |
| بيانات النشر: | KTH, Medicinteknik och hälsosystem 2019 |
| تفاصيل مُضافة: | Arousell, Anna Engdahl, Ylva |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Electronic Resource |
| مستخلص: | The aim of the project was to compare the workflow for an Elekta Linac with and without the surfacescanning system Catalyst and describe pros and cons with both workflows. The findings in the reportcan be used as decision support in development of Elekta products and workflow improvements. The method for the project was to do interviews, observations and time measurements at Södersjukhuset(not using Catalyst) and Sundsvalls sjukhus (using Catalyst). The workflows were graded in an as-sessment protocol covering time efficiency, comfort, noise, resources, reliability, cost, dosage and sideeffects. Different workflow scenarios were simulated in AnyLogic. The result of the project was that, according to our protocol, the workflow with Catalyst was ratedhigher than without it. The simulations in Anylogic showed that minimizing gaps in the treatment sched-ule generated the same number of patients treated per day, if the positioning could not be done faster.The simulations also showed that removing position verification with cone beam computer tomography(CBCT), an imaging system which is used in addition to the Catalyst system, would increase the numberof treated patients with approximately 33%. The conclusion was that there were no great differences in time efficiency between the workflows. How-ever, considering the higher reliability and comfort for the patient, optical surface scanning can improvethe positioning for Elekta Linac and is therefore worth implementing. Minimizing treatment gaps wouldnot improve the workflow. Removing the use of CBCT would increase the number of treated patientsper day. |
| مصطلحات الفهرس: | Elekta Linac, Elekta VersaHD, Elekta Infinity, C-RAD, Catalyst, radiotherapy, surface scanning, workflow analysis, Other Medical Engineering, Annan medicinteknik, Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| URL: | TRITA-CBH-GRU ; 2019:072 |
| الإتاحة: | Open access content. Open access content info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| ملاحظة: | application/pdf English |
| أرقام أخرى: | UPE oai:DiVA.org:kth-254396 1235262938 |
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