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    AutoLock: a semiautomated system for radiotherapy treatment plan quality control.

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    Authors
    Dewhurst, Joseph M
    Lowe, Matthew
    Hardy, Mark J
    Boylan, Christopher J
    Whitehurst, Philip
    Rowbottom, Carl G
    Affiliation
    Christie Medical Physics & Engineering The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
    Issue Date
    2015
    
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    Abstract
    A semiautomated system for radiotherapy treatment plan quality control (QC), named AutoLock, is presented. AutoLock is designed to augment treatment plan QC by automatically checking aspects of treatment plans that are well suited to computational evaluation, whilst summarizing more subjective aspects in the form of a checklist. The treatment plan must pass all automated checks and all checklist items must be acknowledged by the planner as correct before the plan is finalized. Thus AutoLock uniquely integrates automated treatment plan QC, an electronic checklist, and plan finalization. In addition to reducing the potential for the propagation of errors, the integration of AutoLock into the plan finalization workflow has improved efficiency at our center. Detailed audit data are presented, demonstrating that the treatment plan QC rejection rate fell by around a third following the clinical introduction of AutoLock.
    Citation
    AutoLock: a semiautomated system for radiotherapy treatment plan quality control. 2015, 16 (3):5396 J Appl Clin Med Phys
    Journal
    Journal of applied clinical medical physics / American College of Medical Physics
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10541/560767
    PubMed ID
    26103498
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    1526-9914
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