CORE--COMPUTER AND DIGITAL IMAGING SUPPORT

该核心将为以下项目提供计算机软件和硬件支持： 四个研究项目和其他两个核心。 项目1、2和 3需要加强现有的治疗计划系统，U- MPlan，以纳入完全适形的3-D治疗技术，因为它们 都是在项目中开发的。 利用知识增强U-MPlan 这些新技术的研究将有助于进一步研究这些技术 在常规临床环境中。 项目2和3需要加强 临床计算机软件，例如CCRS（计算机控制的 放射治疗系统），以帮助测量方法的疗效 在这些项目中探索。 该核心还为项目4提供了 研究肿瘤剂量效应所需的任何治疗计划工具 升级 治疗计划/剂量测定核心将得到以下支持： 分析收集的数据所需的软件工具， 在研究项目之间交换数据所需的集成工具， 临床软件系统。 这一核心将为所有项目和 核心，一个稳定、维护良好的计算环境，包括 作为一个精通软件设计的编程人员的基本要素， 测试方法、全面可靠的计算机网络、档案 研究数据，以及管理所需的人员和工具 以及获取计算机资源。 此外，该核心将 为商用百万伏提供硬件和软件支持 成像仪和平板复合兆伏和诊断 成像仪将用于项目2、3和4。 在项目2中， 兆伏成像仪将提供场形验证， 多叶准直器 在项目3和4中， 诊断成像仪将用于验证治疗设置。 这一核心包括购买商用成像仪和支持 安装、定期校准和质量保证，以及例行工作 在研究过程中成像器的操作。 最后， 图像数据操作、处理和存档软件 从商业兆伏成像仪将提供。

This core will provide computer software and hardware support for the four research projects and for the two other cores. Projects 1, 2, and 3 require the augmentation of the existing treatment planning system, U- MPlan, to incorporate fully conformal 3-D treatment techniques as they are developed within the projects. Augmenting U-MPlan with the knowledge of these new techniques will facilitate further study of these techniques in a routine clinical setting. Projects 2 and 3 require enhancement of clinical computer software such as the CCRS (Computer-Controlled Radiotherapy System) in order to help measure the efficacy of methods explored within those projects. This core also provides Project 4 with any treatment planning tools needed to study the effects of tumor dose escalation. The treatment planning/dosimetry core will be supported with software tools necessary for analysis of gathered data, and with integration tools needed to exchange data between research projects and clinical software systems. This core will provide, to all projects and cores, a stable, well-maintained computing environment, including such basic elements as a programming staff well versed in software design and test methodology, a comprehensive and reliable computer network, archives of research data, and the personnel and tools necessary for management and acquisition of computer resources. In addition, this core will provide hardware and software support for the commercial megavoltage imager and for the flat-panel composite megavoltage and diagnostic imagers to be used with projects 2, 3, and 4. In project 2, a megavoltage imager will provide verification of field shape defined by the multileaf collimators. In project 3 and 4, a megavoltage and diagnostic imager will be used in verification of the treatment setup. This core includes the purchase of commercial imager and support for the installation, periodic calibration and quality assurance, and routine operation of the imagers during the course of the research. Finally, software for the manipulation, processing, and archiving of image data from the commercial megavoltage imager will be provided.