title: The use of a commercial remote desktop program in the delineation of target volumes in radiotherapy.
abstract: Recent guidance from the Royal College of Radiologists suggests that there should be close collaboration between oncologists and radiologists in target volume determination. However, the guidance also states that there may be practical difficulties in achieving this. To ameliorate some of these difficulties, we have implemented a readily available remote desktop package, Microsoft NetMeeting, in conjunction with a commercial virtual simulation package, ProSoma. This allows radiologists to conference easily with oncologists on a particular patient, as the full functionality of the virtual simulator is available simultaneously to both parties. We have found that this solution is eminently practical and increases the amount of interaction between oncologists and radiologists during target volume definition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy Physics, Nottingham City Hospital Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Hucknall Road, Nottingham, UK. keith.langmack@nuh.nhs.uk
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Langmack
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: D A L
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Morgan
mesh_terms: D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control; D018787:Radiation Oncology / Q000379:methods*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D020266:Radiotherapy, Conformal / Q000379:methods*; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed