title: Making the right software choice for clinically used equipment in radiation oncology.
abstract: The customer of a new system for clinical use in radiation oncology must consider many options in order to find the optimal combination of software tools. Many commercial systems are available and each system has a large number of technical features. However an appraisal of the technical capabilities, especially the options for clinical implementations, is hardly assessable at first view.The intention of this article was to generate an assessment of the necessary functionalities for high precision radiotherapy and their integration in ROKIS (Radiation oncology clinic information system) for future customers, especially with regard to clinical applicability. Therefore we analysed the clinically required software functionalities and divided them into three categories: minimal, enhanced and optimal requirements for high conformal radiation treatment.
authors: Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, Marburg 35043, Germany. vorwerk@med.uni-marburg.de.
authors: Hilke
authors: H
authors: Vorwerk
authors: Klemens
authors: K
authors: Zink
authors: Daniela Michaela
authors: DM
authors: Wagner
authors: Rita
authors: R
authors: Engenhart-Cabillic
mesh_terms: D002755:Choice Behavior; D006801:Humans; D018787:Radiation Oncology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020266:Radiotherapy, Conformal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012984:Software