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PSI2CAD Interface. Jürgen Salk University of Ulm Germany. Features. ANSI C runs on command line platform independent i/o routines, i.e. runs on Intel x86 (Windows, Linux, little endian) via SAMBA/NFS and on PA -RISC (HP-UX, big endian)
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PSI2CAD Interface Jürgen Salk University of Ulm Germany
Features • ANSI C • runs on command line • platform independent i/o routines, i.e. runs on Intel x86 (Windows, Linux, little endian) via SAMBA/NFS and on PA -RISC (HP-UX, big endian) • implemented as plugin for CadPlan GUI (by means of korn-shell wrapper script)
Features (cont´d) • Online help (-h Option) • Verbose mode (-v option) to trace problems • Trim dose matrix to body contour (-t Option) • Automatically checks for valid filenames • Easy installation and simple usage • It´s small
Usage as CadPlan pluginStep 1 • Add a new plan • Add dummy field • Select resolution of dose matrix
Usage as CadPlan pluginStep 2 • Store selected parameters as new plan
Usage as CadPlan pluginStep 3 • Run psi2cad as User Command from the Tools pulldown menu
Usage as CadPlan pluginStep 4 • Check messages displayed in info box
Usage as CadPlan pluginStep 5 • Reload plan for imported dose matrix
Usage as CadPlan plugin • Once imported to CadPlan the externally calculated plan can be reviewed like any other locally calculated treatment plan
Resolution issues • The CadPlan dose grid is fixed to a maximum number of 160112 grid points, i.e. the maximum size of the dose matrix depends on the grid spacing • Reduction of grid spacing (e.g. from 2.5 mm to 1.25 mm) may lead to incomplete coverage of the regions of interest
Resolution issues (cont´d) • If necessary redefine the center of the calculation area to cover regions of interest
Resolution issues (cont´d) • Store the new grid spacing/calculation area as a new plan
Resolution issues (cont´d) • Perform steps 3-5 as described above to import the externally calculated dose matrix with high resolution grid spacing. • psi2cad will automatically detect the new grid and offset of the calculation area