Configuration management and retrieval system for proton beam therapy system
First Claim
1. A radiation beam therapy system comprising:
- an assembly of treatment devices, including;
a charged-particle accelerator that provides a beam of energetic charged particles;
a treatment station that allows positioning of a patient to receive at least a portion of the beam of charged particles; and
a beam delivery system that delivers the beam of charged particles to the patient positioned at the treatment location;
a database component that stores subsets of parameters associated with selected treatment devices, wherein the parameters comprise instructional information that can be used to configure the selected treatment devices for operation;
an interface component that allows a user to modify the subsets of parameters associated with selected treatment devices stored in the database; and
a management component that extracts subsets of parameters from the database and generates data storage elements comprising the extracted subsets of parameters in a format recognizable by the selected treatment devices, wherein the data storage elements permit configuration of the selected treatment devices based, at least in part, on the instructional information comprised therein, the management component further distributes the data storage elements to the selected treatment devices to thereby permit the selected treatment devices to operate independently of the database component.
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Abstract
In a complex, multi-processor software controlled system, such as proton beam therapy system (PBTS), it may be important to provide treatment configurable parameters that are easily modified by an authorized user to prepare the software controlled systems for various modes of operation. This particular invention relates to a configuration management system for the PBTS that utilizes a database to maintain data and configuration parameters and also to generate and distribute system control files that can be used by the PBTS for treatment delivery. The use of system control files reduces the adverse effects of single point failures in the database by allowing the PBTS to function independently from the database. The PBTS accesses the data, parameters, and control settings from the database through the system control files, which insures that the data and configuration parameters are accessible when and if single point failures occur with respect to the database.
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23 Claims
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1. A radiation beam therapy system comprising:
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an assembly of treatment devices, including; a charged-particle accelerator that provides a beam of energetic charged particles; a treatment station that allows positioning of a patient to receive at least a portion of the beam of charged particles; and a beam delivery system that delivers the beam of charged particles to the patient positioned at the treatment location; a database component that stores subsets of parameters associated with selected treatment devices, wherein the parameters comprise instructional information that can be used to configure the selected treatment devices for operation; an interface component that allows a user to modify the subsets of parameters associated with selected treatment devices stored in the database; and a management component that extracts subsets of parameters from the database and generates data storage elements comprising the extracted subsets of parameters in a format recognizable by the selected treatment devices, wherein the data storage elements permit configuration of the selected treatment devices based, at least in part, on the instructional information comprised therein, the management component further distributes the data storage elements to the selected treatment devices to thereby permit the selected treatment devices to operate independently of the database component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A radiation beam therapy system comprising:
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a plurality of distributed functional components that operate to provide a radiation beam to a patient; a database component that stores a plurality of parameters associated with the distributed functional components, an interface component that allows a user to select an operational mode for which the database component identifies appropriate subsets of parameters that are associated with the distributed functional components and generates at least one system control file containing an appropriate subset of parameters used to configure a selected distributed functional component to operate in a selected manner; and a control file distribution component that provides each, of the distributed functional components with the appropriate system control file such that the functional components are able to operate substantially independently of the database component to thereby reduce the likelihood of a single point failure of the radiation beam therapy system. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. An apparatus for delivering a therapeutic radiation beam to a patient, comprising:
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a first means for allowing modification of configurable parameters associated with operation of a plurality of functional components that operate to deliver the therapeutic radiation beam to the patient; and a second means for communicating the modified configurable parameters to at least one of the plurality of functional components so as to allow independent control and operation of the at least one of the plurality of functional components.
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