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C.36.10.1 RT Radiation Set Attribute Descriptions
C.36.10.1.1 RT Radiation Set Intent
Defined Terms for RT Radiation Set Intent (300A,0637)
TREATMENTThe RT Radiation Set is for the purpose of treatment delivery. This does not constitute an approval for treatment. All parameters necessary to guide the delivery of RT Radiations are included.
PLAN_QA The RT Radiation Set is for validating the patient-specific dose. For example, by delivering the RT Radiations to a phantom and comparing the calculated dose to the phantom with actual measurements made in the phantom.
MACHINE_QAThe RT Radiation Set is for system quality assurance and calibration (geometric, dosimetric or both) procedures of the delivery machine and is not patient-specific.
RESEARCH The RT Radiation Set is for performing research and is not delivered to a patient.
SERVICE The RT Radiation Set is for diagnostics and assessment for machine repair or to perform measurements for a main- tenance or calibration operation by a service technician.
C.36.10.1.2 RT Radiation Sequence
All SOP Instances referenced in this Sequence shall:
•share the same Frame of Reference (defined by the Frame of Reference UID (0020,0052) in the Frame Of Reference Module), and
•be defined for the same treatment device (specified by the Treatment Device Identification Macro within the RT Delivery Device Common Module).
The SOP Classes referenced in this Sequence shall contain the following Modules:
•Section C.36.3 Enhanced RT Series Module.
•Section C.36.4 Radiotherapy Common Instance Module.
•Section C.36.12 RT Delivery Device Common Module.
•Section C.36.13 RT Radiation Common Module.
C.36.10.1.3 Treatment Position Groups
Radiation Instances that share a fixed spatial relation and thus can share the result of a position verification can be assigned to the same Treatment Position Group because the relationship of positions in one Instance to those in other Instances in the Treatment Position Group can be known with sufficient certainty to allow deterministic movement.
Whether it is reasonable to put Instances together in Treatment Position Group can depend on several factors and may involve a degree of judgment.
For example,
1.In a Radiation Set treating a single target with two beams at the same spatial location, both Radiation Instances belong to the same Treatment Position Group.
2.In a Radiation Set treating two targets in different anatomical regions (e.g., lung and pelvis), typically the Radiation Instances belongtodifferentTreatmentPositionGroups,becauseaseparatesetupverificationisrequiredtoestablishthetreatmentposition for each Radiation.
3.In a Radiation Set treating two targets whose spatial relationship is fixed such that a single setup verification is sufficient, the Radiation Instances may belong to the same Treatment Position Group, but the planner may choose to assign them to different Treatment Position Groups.
C.36.10.1.4 Intended Number of Fractions and Radiation Fraction Pattern Macro
The values of Intended Number of Fractions (300A,0636) and the attributes in Radiation Fraction Pattern Macro provide information about the planned treatment at the time the RT Radiation Set Instance was created.