Workflow management system
AssigneeElekta Limited
InventorsPaul Barry, Peter Carey, Tim Prosser
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Abstract
A workflow management system for radiotherapy treatment of a patient using radiotherapy equipment comprising: a patient radiofrequency identification (RFID) tag and a radiofrequency (RF) detection device, which provides a patient unique identifier matchable to a patient's treatment plan; a plurality of optical markers, wherein in at least one patient optical marker is positioned on the patient and at least one reference optical marker is positioned at a reference point on the radiotherapy equipment; an optical reader to detect each of the plurality of optical markers; wherein the system matches the patient's unique identifier to the patient treatment plan.
Claims17
A workflow management safety system for radiotherapy treatment of a patient using radiotherapy equipment comprising:
- a patient radiofrequency identification (RFID) tag and a radiofrequency (RF) detection device, which provides a patient unique identifier matchable to a patient's treatment plan;
- a plurality of optical markers, the plurality of markers including at least one patient optical marker;
- at least one reference optical marker positioned at a reference point on or within the radiotherapy equipment;
- at least one accessory optical marker positioned on or within a radiotherapy equipment accessory;
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- an optical reader to detect each of the plurality of optical markers;
- wherein the system matches the patient's unique identifier to the patient treatment plan and to at least one of the detected patient optical marker and the at least one accessory optical marker.
A workflow safety management method comprising the steps of:
- detecting a patient unique identifier from a patient radiofrequency identification (RFID) tag;
- monitoring a plurality of optical markers, wherein in at least one patient optical marker is positioned on the patient and at least one reference optical marker is positioned at a reference point on the radiotherapy equipment;
- monitoring at least one accessory optical marker positioned on or within a radiotherapy equipment accessory;
- matching the patient unique identifier to the patient treatment plan and to the at least one accessory optical marker.
A computer-readable carrier medium carrying computer readable instructions that when executed by a data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to:
- detect a patient unique identifier from a patient radiofrequency identification (RFID) tag;
- monitor a plurality of optical markers, wherein in at least one patient optical marker is positioned on the patient and at least one reference optical marker is positioned at a reference point on the radiotherapy equipment;
- monitor at least one accessory optical marker positioned on or within a radiotherapy equipment accessory;
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- match the patient unique identifier to the patient treatment plan and to the at least one accessory optical marker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.