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--- decimal3d:instructions_for_use:instructions_for_use [2019/09/03 20:40] – [Data Displays and Interpretation] kmobile
+++ decimal3d:instructions_for_use:instructions_for_use [2019/09/03 21:04] – [Product Features] kmobile
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 ===== Product Features =====
-In the most common, primary use case of the software, users will import patient data from existing imaging and contouring software programs, manage physician prescription and intent information, develop a proton treatment plan, and analyze the plan to determine how well it meets the physician’s goals. Since the critical treatment planning functions and calculations are handled outside this software application, by a software of known quality and pedigree, the primary and most frequently used functions of this software are the record keeping service (for patient data storage via Thinknode®), user interface controls, and visualization tools.
+decimal3D will handle patient data entry. The user will be able to take a three dimensional scan of the area where the physician has outlined the area to be treated. This scan will be in full color and dimensonally accurate. From this the user can digitize the treatment area, design the electron aperture as well as place the beam. The decimal3D App also allows the user to order the aperture through and interface with the decimal Direct API.
- The Astroid Planning App software communicates with other treatment planning systems generally by sending & receiving files in various DICOM RT formats, although the extensive Application Programming Interface (API) of Thinknode® allows users to easily build their own export and import conversion applications. Since the accuracy of information computed and displayed by an application such as this is very important to the proper treatment of patients, it is critical that users have the appropriate educational and clinical experience backgrounds to adequately understand and use the product. Additionally, since each radiotherapy treatment machine produces a unique beam of radiation, there is much responsibility on the end users to adequately commission and test this software over the full range of expected treatment conditions before the system is utilized for patient treatment. It is this area that provides opportunity for the most likely incorrect use of the software, which would be poor or inadequate commissioning of the application (note many other cases of potential misuse have be designed out of the system by limiting allowed user interactions, providing warnings, and preventing unsafe or incompatible operations). This main misuse is mitigated by requiring that users understand that it is their responsibility to perform appropriate quality assurance measurements for every patient plan prior to treatment, which should independently confirm that the treatment plan information displayed within the Astroid Planning App adequately matches the actual, to be delivered, plan. Please note that such testing is a safety and regulatory requirement in most territories.
 ==== System Availability and Data Integrity ====
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 ==== Data Displays and Interpretation ====
-decimal3D contains many displays throughout the scanning, digitizing and beam placement process. Please refer to [[FIXME]].
+decimal3D contains many displays throughout the scanning, digitizing and beam placement process. Please refer to FIXME.
 ==== Unauthorized Use ====