Integrated quality control management system and method for spiral fault radiotherapy system

Abstract

The invention relates to a spiral fault radiotherapy system integrated quality control management system and method, and the system comprises a server, the server is connected with the Internet and a spiral fault radiotherapy system through a firewall, the server is connected with a client, and the client is internally provided with an authority management unit, an intelligent quality control unit, a software library and an AI knowledge library. The intelligent quality control unit comprises a quality control calendar, a quality control plan, a quality control result, a quality control billboard, a quality control template, a quality control report, quality control early warning and repair quality control; and the AI knowledge base comprises application knowledge and scientific research tools. According to the invention, the quality control process and recorded electronic information management of the spiral tomography radiotherapy system are realized; embedding a document and a knowledge base associated with the quality control of the spiral tomography radiotherapy system to realize AI knowledge retrieval; quality control project results which are frequently executed are pre-warned, so that the latest state of the equipment can be conveniently monitored; automatically creating a quality control report; the efficiency of executing conventional quality control work by a physicist in the clinical radiotherapy department is improved; and the cost of purchasing multiple sets of quality control tools is saved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of quality control of a spiral tomographic radiotherapy system, and in particular to an integrated quality control management system and method for a spiral tomographic radiotherapy system. Background Art

[0002] The spiral tomography radiotherapy system is a set of relatively special radiotherapy technologies. The radiation is irradiated to the patient's tumor site through spiral tomography. During the treatment process, the radiation rotates around the central axis with the frame, and the treatment bed carries the patient to enter the treatment aperture synchronously at a certain speed. The treatment process requires the cooperation of multiple subsystems. If any subsystem does not cooperate properly, it will cause a large treatment error. Therefore, multiple quality control tests (Quality Assurance) are required to ensure the high-precision treatment of the spiral tomography radiotherapy system. Its quality control items are divided into daily inspection, monthly inspection and annual inspection according to the inspection cycle; according to the type of quality control, they are divided into equipment safety chain inspection, dose accuracy test, synchronization inspection of each system, position accuracy test and patient planned dose quality control test.

[0003] At present, all test items of the spiral tomography radiotherapy system are checked by the physicist in the radiotherapy department. The tools used are the software and hardware equipment of various systems and third parties. There is no unified system management, and the test results are recorded as paper documents. There is no unified report template, no trend comparison, no systematic result analysis, and no system warning. In clinical practice, physicists need to prepare multiple quality control tools for separate testing, separate recording, and manual analysis. The work is cumbersome, time-consuming and labor-intensive to execute, and records are easily lost. The quality control test of the spiral tomography radiotherapy system requires a unified system to manage and maintain the quality control process, quality control tools, and quality control results. At the same time, users in various regions or provinces and cities need to customize the generated report types and templates according to local regulations. Summary of the invention

[0004] The present invention aims to solve the deficiencies of the prior art and provide an integrated quality control management system and method for a spiral tomographic radiotherapy system.

[0005] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

[0006] An integrated quality control management system for a spiral tomographic radiotherapy system comprises a server, wherein the server is connected to the Internet and the spiral tomographic radiotherapy system respectively through a firewall, and the server is connected to a client. The client is provided with an authority management unit, an intelligent quality control unit, a software library, and an AI knowledge base. The intelligent quality control unit comprises a quality control calendar, a quality control plan, quality control results, a quality control dashboard, a quality control template, a quality control report, a quality control warning, and a repair quality control. The AI ​​knowledge base comprises application knowledge and scientific research tools.

[0007] The authority management unit is used to set permissions for physicists of different levels in the radiotherapy department. The authority levels are divided into administrator physicist, supervisor physicist, and junior physicist; Administrator physicist permissions: add and manage all accounts in the quality control management system, use and maintain all system functional modules; Supervisor physicist permissions: perform quality control tests, create quality control reports, process quality control warning information, use and maintain the quality control AI knowledge base; Junior physicist permissions: perform quality control tests, use the quality control AI knowledge base.

[0008] Quality Control Calendar: Displays the quality control results for each day of the month in calendar form, including test items and pass status; displays the quality control content to be done as defined in the plan in calendar form.

[0009] Quality control plan: Customize a quality control plan for a period of time based on the quality control frequency. After the plan is created, it will be automatically updated to the quality control calendar. The plan is editable and maintainable.

[0010] Quality control results: After performing quality control in the quality control calendar, the quality control results can be recorded in a variety of forms, including manual input of quality control results, automatic acquisition of log file filling results, calling analysis software to analyze and save results; Quality control results: After performing quality control in the quality control calendar, the quality control results can be recorded in a variety of forms, including manual input of quality control results, automatic acquisition of log file filling results, calling analysis software to analyze and save results.

[0011] Quality Control Dashboard: Use the filter tool to select time periods and quality control frequency types to display specific quality control results. The quality control results can be displayed in a simplified form on the calendar as pass / fail. You can also view the quality control result details, which include test-related introductions, tools and threshold ranges, specific result values, and pass / fail.

[0012] Quality control template: You can preset specific items that need to be tested. The default template is predefined based on published industry specifications, industry standards, and operating guidelines. Users can customize quality control tests based on industry specifications / standards or their own hospital requirements and save them as custom templates.

[0013] Quality control report: Users can create a quality control report based on the selected report template and specific date. The quality control report templates are divided into trend report templates, single quality control report templates, streamlined report templates, detailed reports and custom report templates. Custom report templates can select elements in the report according to user requirements.

[0014] The quality control warning pre-sets an acceptable threshold range, i.e., the warning value, for the quality control items defined in the quality control management system of the spiral tomography system. Users can maintain and edit it according to the current standards or consensus. After the quality control items are tested and the results are entered, the system automatically determines whether the quality control results are within the threshold range. If not, a quality control warning is triggered, and the quality control item is reminded with a red dot on the quality control dashboard. In the quality control report, if the quality control item results in the selected range exceed the threshold range, it will be displayed and reminded in the warning information column.

[0015] During the repair quality control, when the quality control results of the spiral tomography system exceed the threshold range and are confirmed to be caused by the spiral tomography system hardware and software and require repair, one-click warranty will be carried out. The warranty information can be customized by the user to connect to the Internet and send a repair support request to the manufacturer's engineer or customer support service center. If a major repair occurs, the system will automatically remind you of the recommended quality control inspection items.

[0016] The above-mentioned method for using the integrated quality control management system of the spiral tomotherapy system comprises the following specific steps:

[0017] S1. According to the quality control requirements of the spiral tomotherapy system, preset the quality control items of relevant tests, including the introduction of quality control items, thresholds and detection methods;

[0018] S2. Enter the quality control management and select the unique serial number of the spiral tomotherapy system for quality control testing at the site to activate the next step;

[0019] S3. Create a quality control plan for a specific time period in the quality control calendar, select the quality control frequency, quality control start date, and repetition rules, and the system will automatically create a corresponding plan for the relevant dates in the quality control calendar;

[0020] S4. After the quality control plan is defined, the system will automatically match the corresponding quality control test items according to the selected information. The user confirms and adds these items. The quality control calendar displays the quality control status of all applicable dates in the plan with different icons according to the project test status;

[0021] S5. Enter the quality control result input stage. After selecting a specific date, the system lists the quality control items to be selected one by one, and the quality control test results are entered into the system by manual or automatic input;

[0022] S6. After the entered results are saved, the system background algorithm determines whether the test item has passed, failed, or passed with a warning message based on the preset test item threshold; the system displays the pass status of the quality control items tested on that specific date through different icons in the corresponding calendar in the quality control dashboard stage;

[0023] S7. If you need to create a report, enter the quality control report stage, select the report template, report type, start and end dates, and generate the corresponding quality control report;

[0024] S8. If the results of any quality control project exceed the threshold and trigger an early warning message, the user can manually authorize the triggering of the spiral tomography system manufacturer support and support uploading of fault pictures or files required for service support.

[0025] The beneficial effects of the present invention are: the present invention realizes the electronic information management of the quality control process and records of the spiral tomography system; integrates the unified system of the commonly used software and hardware of the spiral tomography system; embeds the documents and knowledge base related to the quality control of the spiral tomography system to realize AI knowledge retrieval; issues early warnings for the results of frequently executed quality control projects to facilitate monitoring of the latest status of the equipment; automatically creates quality control reports; improves the efficiency of clinical radiotherapy physicists in performing routine quality control work; and saves the cost of purchasing multiple sets of quality control tools. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0026] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the integrated quality control management system of the spiral tomography radiotherapy system of the present invention;

[0027] Figure 2 This is a flow chart of the quality control management system of the spiral tomography system of the present invention;

[0028] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of a quality control calendar of a quality control management system of a spiral tomotherapy system according to a specific embodiment of the present invention;

[0029] Figure 4 The quality control items are predefined for the quality control management system of the spiral tomotherapy system in the specific embodiment of the present invention;

[0030] The following is a detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0031] The principles and features of the present invention are described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The embodiments are only used to explain the present invention and are not used to limit the scope of the present invention. The present invention is described in more detail by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings in the following paragraphs. The advantages and features of the present invention will become clearer according to the following description. It should be noted that the accompanying drawings are all in a very simplified form and are not in precise proportions, and are only used to facilitate and clearly assist in explaining the purpose of the embodiments of the present invention.

[0032] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as those commonly understood by those skilled in the art of the present invention. The terms used herein in the specification of the present invention are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. The term "and / or" used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more related listed items.

[0033] The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments:

[0034] An integrated quality control management system for spiral tomotherapy system, such as Figure 1 As shown, it includes a server, which is connected to the Internet and the spiral tomography system through a firewall respectively, and the server is connected to the client. The client is equipped with an authority management unit, an intelligent quality control unit, a software library, and an AI knowledge base. The intelligent quality control unit includes a quality control calendar, a quality control plan, quality control results, a quality control dashboard, a quality control template, a quality control report, a quality control warning, and a repair quality control. The AI ​​knowledge base includes application knowledge and scientific research tools.

[0035] The quality control management system can set different permissions for different physicists in the radiotherapy department, use the quality control calendar to establish daily, monthly and annual inspection items, and call the corresponding software and hardware to perform quality control tests and record and view them. The quality control system can call the analysis software in the software library to analyze the test results and automatically record them. If a quality control test result exceeds the threshold range, the system will give an early warning. If it cannot be handled, the system can be repaired to the manufacturer. When physicists need to query the quality control-related operating steps and processing methods, they can find the answers in the knowledge base using keywords or asking questions. Physicists with permission can select any time period to export quality control test results and trend charts to generate custom reports.

[0036] This essential control management system connects various software and hardware functional modules through a server, which can selectively connect to the Internet through a firewall to obtain version and knowledge base updates, and can also enable the function of contacting the manufacturer for warranty.

[0037] 1. Permission management unit:

[0038] It is used to set permissions for physicists of different levels in the radiotherapy department. The permission levels are divided into administrator physicist, supervisor physicist, and junior physicist.

[0039] 1.1 Administrator physicist authority: add and manage all accounts of the quality control management system, use and maintain all system function modules;

[0040] 1.2 Privileges of the Chief Physicist: perform quality control tests, create quality control reports, process quality control warning information, use and maintain the quality control AI knowledge base;

[0041] 1.3 Junior physicist permissions: perform quality control tests and use the quality control AI knowledge base.

[0042] 2. Intelligent quality control unit:

[0043] 2.1 Quality Control Calendar: Displays the approximate quality control results of each day of the month in calendar form, including test items and pass status; displays the quality control content to be done as defined in the plan in calendar form.

[0044] 2.2 Quality control plan: Customize the quality control plan for a period of time based on the quality control frequency. For example, the daily morning inspection plan for September 2024 will be automatically updated to the quality control calendar after the plan is created. The plan is editable and maintainable.

[0045] 2.3 Quality control results: After performing quality control in the quality control calendar, the quality control results can be recorded in various forms, such as manually entering quality control results, automatically obtaining log files to fill in results, and calling specific analysis software to analyze and save results.

[0046] 2.4 Quality Control Dashboard: Use the filter tool to select the time period and quality control frequency type to display specific quality control results. The quality control results can be displayed in a simplified form on the calendar as passed / failed, or the quality control result details can be viewed. The details include the test-related introduction, tools and threshold ranges, specific result values, and whether it passed or not.

[0047] 2.5 Quality control template: Specific items that need to be tested can be preset in the quality control template. The default template is the predefined items based on the published industry specifications, industry standards, and operating guidelines. Users can customize quality control tests according to industry specifications / standards or their own hospital requirements and save them as custom templates.

[0048] 2.6 Quality Control Report: Users can select a specific date to create a quality control report based on the selected report template. The quality control report templates are divided into trend report templates, single quality control report templates, streamlined report templates, detailed reports and custom report templates. Custom report templates can select elements in the report according to user requirements. For details, see the quality control report section.

[0049] 2.6.1 Quality control report template: Quality control report templates are divided into default templates and custom templates. The default templates include trend reports, detailed reports, simplified reports and single plan reports;

[0050] 2.6.2 The quality control report template divides the report elements into corresponding modules: report cover, directory, result summary, project introduction, test results, attached pictures, trend charts, warning information, completion degree, report conclusion, etc.;

[0051] 2.6.3 Default report elements predefined in the default report template.

[0052] 2.6.4 Select Custom Report Template. Users can check the required report elements to create a report template that meets their needs.

[0053] 2.6.5 Create report: After the user selects the quality control template, select the data for which the report needs to be generated and the time point or time period of the test, generate the report with one click, and support electronic signature and export.

[0054] 2.7 Quality Control Warning:

[0055] The acceptable threshold range, i.e., the warning value, is pre-set for the quality control items defined in the quality control management system of the spiral tomography radiotherapy system. Users can maintain and edit according to the current standards or consensus; after the quality control items are tested and the results are entered, the system automatically determines whether the quality control results are within the threshold range. If not, a quality control warning is triggered. The quality control items are reminded with red dots in the quality control dashboard; in the quality control report, the quality control item results in the selected range that exceed the threshold range are displayed and reminded in the warning information column.

[0056] 2.8 Repair Quality Control:

[0057] When the quality control results of the spiral tomotherapy system exceed the threshold range and it is confirmed that it is caused by the spiral tomotherapy system software and hardware and needs to be repaired, this function can be used for one-click warranty. The warranty information can be customized by the user to connect to the Internet and send a maintenance support request to the manufacturer's engineer or customer support service center. If a large repair is required, the system will automatically remind you of the quality control inspection items recommended for execution.

[0058] 3. Helical tomotherapy system quality control software library:

[0059] 3.1 The system integrates commonly used spiral tomography radiotherapy system machine quality control software, such as software for verifying the geometric accuracy of the system's rotating frame, software for dose irradiation accuracy, synchronization test software, treatment bed accuracy software, and MLC stability software.

[0060] 3.2 When performing quality control test records and analysis, you can call various software in the software library for analysis and automatically import the analysis results through different methods.

[0061] 3.3 New quality control software can be customized, such as patient planned dose verification software, independent dose calculation secondary verification software, etc.

[0062] 4. Helical tomotherapy system AI knowledge base:

[0063] 4.1 The AI ​​knowledge base of the spiral tomotherapy system is a human-computer interaction tool that integrates artificial intelligence. The knowledge base is an independently trainable artificial intelligence model. It is characterized by a trainable artificial intelligence knowledge base that focuses on the quality control, operation, maintenance and clinical research of the spiral tomotherapy system.

[0064] 4.2 The AI ​​knowledge base training model materials of the spiral tomotherapy system are divided into professional operation manuals, installation manuals, physical quality control manuals, planning and design manuals, system manuals, and abstracts of published scientific research literature on the spiral tomotherapy system.

[0065] 4.3 The AI ​​knowledge base of the spiral tomotherapy system processes professional knowledge documents and information and saves them in the knowledge base. When users ask questions, the knowledge base automatically matches the most relevant content by analyzing keywords, and outputs the reference answers to the UI interface in natural word order. The questions include but are not limited to the physical quality control, clinical research, troubleshooting, treatment plan design, system composition, and operation steps of the spiral tomotherapy system.

[0066] Combined with Figure 2 The quality control management system of the spiral tomography system has the following process when performing quality control management:

[0067] S1. According to the quality control requirements of the spiral tomography system, relevant quality control items are preset in this system, including quality control item introduction, threshold value and detection method.

[0068] S2. Enter the quality control management and select the unique serial number of the spiral tomotherapy system for quality control testing at the site to activate the next step.

[0069] S3. Create a quality control plan for a specific time period in the quality control calendar, select the quality control frequency, quality control start date, and repetition rules, and the system will automatically create a corresponding plan on the relevant dates in the quality control calendar.

[0070] S4. After the quality control plan is defined, the system will automatically match the corresponding quality control test items based on the selected information. The user confirms and adds these items. The quality control calendar displays the quality control status of all applicable dates in the plan with different icons based on the project test status.

[0071] S5. Enter the stage of entering quality control results. After selecting a specific date, the system lists the quality control items planned to be selected one by one, and enters the results of quality control tests into the system by manual or automatic entry.

[0072] S6. After the input results are saved, the system background algorithm determines whether it is passed, failed, or passed with a warning message based on the preset test item threshold. The system displays the pass status of the quality control items tested on that specific date through different icons in the corresponding calendar in the quality control dashboard stage.

[0073] S7. If you need to create a report, enter the quality control report stage, select the report template, report type, start and end dates, and generate the corresponding quality control report.

[0074] S8. If the results of any quality control project exceed the threshold and trigger an early warning message, the user can manually authorize the triggering of the spiral tomography system manufacturer support and support uploading of fault pictures or files required for service support. Specific embodiment:

[0076] The quality control management system of the spiral tomography system can set different permissions for different physicists in the radiotherapy department, use the quality control calendar to establish daily, monthly and annual inspection items, and call the corresponding software and hardware to perform quality control tests and record and view them. The quality control system can call the analysis software in the software library to analyze the test results and automatically record them. If a quality control test result exceeds the threshold range, the system will give an early warning. If it cannot be handled, it can be repaired by the manufacturer through the system. The system is further explained in conjunction with specific embodiments.

[0077] P1. When the system is installed and configured for the first time, the relevant quality control items of the spiral tomotherapy system are predefined according to industry standards and relevant specifications, such as AAPM TG 148 and NCCT-RT003-2019, including safety interlocking, dose accuracy detection, machine mechanical accuracy detection, and linkage accuracy detection of each subsystem. At the same time, the system predefines the acceptable threshold range of each quality control item according to the requirements or recommendations of the specifications.

[0078] P2. When configuring the user terminal, the system will configure the site information according to the unique serial number of the equipment, and support a single site with multiple spiral tomography systems each with their own unique serial number. After the user enters the quality control management, selects the corresponding equipment unique serial number, and the system loads the associated quality control content.

[0079] P3. The quality control calendar displays the relevant quality control status of each day in a monthly format by default, including the content of all defined quality control plans distributed on each day. The user selects the start date in the quality control calendar to create a quality control plan for a specific time period, and then selects the quality control frequency (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or annual inspection), repetition rules (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually, you can customize working days or specific rules such as the first Saturday of each month, etc.), the system associates the relevant calendar dates according to the definition of the quality control plan and automatically creates the corresponding plan.

[0080] like Figure 4As shown, daily inspection includes routine function inspection, dose output stability inspection, red laser position verification, and imaging system accuracy verification; weekly inspection includes secondary collimator accuracy inspection and CT number inspection; monthly inspection includes dose verification, red laser movement accuracy verification, interruption dose verification, beam parameter inspection, treatment bed accuracy verification, and image quality inspection; quarterly inspection includes synchronization test and image dose inspection; annual inspection includes primary collimator accuracy verification, red / green laser positioning and movement accuracy verification, secondary collimator accuracy verification, all beam parameter inspection, multi-dimensional image quality inspection, and annual dose verification.

[0081] P4. After the relevant content of the quality control plan is selected, the system automatically matches all applicable quality control test items based on the selected information. These quality control items are derived from industry specifications and standards. Users add, delete and confirm the items to be executed based on the actual requirements of the province, city or region. After confirmation, the quality control calendar displays the quality control status of all applicable dates in the plan with different icons according to the project detection situation. The quality control calendar is synchronized to the date associated with each quality control plan, and the quality control plan with the current status of not being executed is displayed in the form of a hollow circle on a single date in the quality control calendar.

[0082] P5. Select the quality control plan that has not been executed on that day to enter the stage of entering quality control results. The system lists the quality control items selected in the plan one by one according to the set quality control order, and leaves the result column blank. Users can enter the quality control test results into the system manually or automatically.

[0083] The results of manual entry include: a. Select pass or fail; b. Fill in the value. There are two main ways to automatically enter: a. Analyze the machine startup and preheating log files to parse out the relevant results, and match the corresponding quality control project input box to enter the results (pass or fail); b. Through RPA (Robotic Processing Automation), the user calls the relevant software to analyze the results, and after the results are generated, the RPA saving mechanism is triggered and the corresponding quality control project result column is automatically entered. The results also include two ways of manual entry. It also supports uploading result attachments.

[0084] P6. After saving the input results, the background of the result system will automatically select the failed quality control project results and enter the early warning information. For other projects with threshold judgments, the background algorithm will judge whether they have passed, failed, or passed with warning information based on the comparison of the preset quality control test project results with the threshold range. The system displays the pass status of the quality control items tested on that day with different icons on each independent date of the corresponding calendar of the quality control dashboard. Among them, the pass is displayed with a green dot, the fail is displayed with a red dot, and the pass with warning is displayed with an orange dot, such as Figure 3 shown.

[0085] Users can click on these dots to open the quality control details, which show all the quality control items in the quality control plan for that day. When you open a certain item, you can see the details of the item, including the project introduction, recommended thresholds, actual results, and related drawings. If you do not need to generate a report or report a repair, saving the results will complete the routine quality control implementation.

[0086] P7. If you have completed a quality control or a quality control plan for a period of time and need to create a report, enter the quality control report stage, select the report-related elements, report type, start and end dates according to the predefined report template, and generate the corresponding quality control report. Users can also customize the report template according to their own needs. The report type can be a single quality control report or a trend report for a period of time. The exported report can be saved as a pdf document and supports electronic signatures.

[0087] P8. If the test results of the quality control items exceed the threshold, an early warning message will be triggered. The user can use the one-click repair function integrated in the system to open the network connection and trigger the spiral tomography system manufacturer support application, and upload the pictures or file information related to the repair request required by the service support.

[0088] The present invention can integrate multiple quality control tools and software and hardware required for the quality control test of the spiral tomography system, and unify the management of the quality control process of the entire spiral tomography system, including software and hardware calling, automatic / manual result entry, quality control result analysis, automatic early warning, report creation and other functions, filling the gap in the unified management system for quality control testing of spiral tomography systems, establishing an electronic system for quality control data, and integrating an intelligent data processing system, thereby improving the work efficiency of front-line radiation therapy physicists.

[0089] Compared with the current situation, the beneficial effects of the present invention are:

[0090] Realize electronic information management of spiral tomography system quality control process and records; integrate the commonly used software and hardware of spiral tomography system into a unified system; embed documents and knowledge base related to spiral tomography system quality control to realize AI knowledge retrieval; issue early warnings for the results of frequently executed quality control projects to facilitate monitoring of the latest status of equipment; automatically create quality control reports; improve the efficiency of clinical radiotherapy physicists in performing routine quality control work; save the cost of purchasing multiple sets of quality control tools.

[0091] 1. Integration of commonly used quality control software and hardware tools for spiral tomotherapy systems:

[0092] At present, there is no unified system integrating commonly used dose verification, geometric accuracy verification, safety verification and conventional verification methods and hardware and software for the quality control of spiral tomography radiotherapy systems. The present invention innovatively integrates multiple spiral tomography radiotherapy system quality control related software and hardware, and realizes unified interface calling and operation; integrates unified authorization management of software and hardware work, and the authorization of all software and hardware licenses is uniformly managed by the system. New quality control software can be customized, such as patient planned dose verification software, independent dose calculation secondary verification software, etc.

[0093] 2. Calendar management method for quality control of spiral tomotherapy system and intelligent analysis results and input method:

[0094] Spiral tomography system quality control calendar: Displays the quality control content test results of the spiral tomography system for each day of the month in calendar form, including test items and results passing status; displays the quality control content to be done as defined in the plan in calendar form.

[0095] Create a quality control plan for the spiral tomotherapy system: customize the quality control plan for the spiral tomotherapy system for a period of time based on the quality control frequency. After the plan is created, it will be automatically updated to the quality control calendar. The plan is editable and maintainable.

[0096] Record the quality control results of the spiral tomotherapy system: After performing quality control in the quality control calendar, the quality control results can be recorded in various forms. The quality control results can be entered manually, or the log file can be automatically obtained to fill in the results, and specific analysis software can be called to analyze and save the results.

[0097] Obtain specific quality control software results through different process automation methods (RPA) and save the results automatically, thereby improving user efficiency and reducing manual entry errors.

[0098] Helical tomotherapy system quality control dashboard: Use the filter tool to select the time period and quality control frequency type to display specific quality control results. The quality control results can be displayed in a simplified form on the calendar as passed / failed, and the quality control result details can also be viewed. The details include the test-related introduction, tools and threshold ranges, specific result values, and whether it passed or not.

[0099] Spiral tomography system quality control template: Specific items that need to be tested can be preset in the quality control template. The default template is the predefined spiral tomography system quality control items based on the published industry specifications, industry standards, and operating guidelines. Users can customize quality control tests based on industry specifications / standards or their own hospital requirements and save them as custom templates.

[0100] 3. Helical tomotherapy system quality control AI knowledge base:

[0101] Application knowledge base AI: Through the artificial intelligence big data model method, professional documents such as the spiral tomography system equipment installation manual, physical quality control manual, equipment operation manual, maintenance manual, quality control standards, etc. are imported into the model for training, and the AI ​​application knowledge base is generated by analyzing and extracting professional documents. Users obtain knowledge and reminders about quality control through intelligent question-and-answer interaction. Users ask questions related to the quality control of the spiral tomography system, and the AI ​​application knowledge base responds through matching and intelligent language combination. The knowledge base can be retrained based on user feedback.

[0102] Research tool AI: Summarizes the clinical research summary results of the helical tomotherapy system in the latest ten years, including radiotherapy physics, clinical research and technological innovation. The big data model trains all data to form a knowledge base. Users enter questions or keywords to ask questions, and the knowledge base matches the information and responds. At the same time, it can be retrained based on user feedback.

[0103] The knowledge base big data model can update the knowledge base as the information in manuals, documents, and literature is updated.

[0104] 4. Automated judgment and early warning of quality control results of spiral tomotherapy system:

[0105] The acceptable threshold range, i.e., the warning value, is pre-set for the quality control items defined in the spiral tomotherapy system quality control management system. Users can maintain and edit them according to the current standards or consensus.

[0106] After the quality control project is tested and the results are entered, the system automatically determines whether the quality control result is within the threshold range. If not, a quality control warning is triggered. The quality control project is reminded with a red dot on the quality control dashboard.

[0107] In the quality control report, the quality control item results within the selected range that exceed the threshold range will be displayed in the warning information column and a reminder will be given.

[0108] 5. How to connect with the manufacturer of helical tomotherapy system

[0109] When a warning message appears in the quality control results, such as confirming that the spiral tomography system manufacturer or official authorized person needs to provide maintenance services, the system can directly connect to the manufacturer's customer support department after user authorization to realize the warranty function; this connection system and path can provide functions such as mutual transmission of quality control results and error pictures, remote support for maintenance, and sharing of equipment logs.

[0110] The present invention is described above by way of example in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It is obvious that the specific implementation of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned method. As long as various improvements are made using the method concept and technical solution of the present invention, or are directly applied to other occasions without improvement, they are all within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An integrated quality control management system for a helical tomotherapy system, characterized in that: It includes a server, which is connected to the Internet and the spiral tomography system through a firewall respectively. The server is connected to the client. The client is equipped with an authority management unit, an intelligent quality control unit, a software library and an AI knowledge base. The intelligent quality control unit includes a quality control calendar, a quality control plan, quality control results, a quality control dashboard, a quality control template, a quality control report, a quality control warning and repair quality control. The AI ​​knowledge base includes application knowledge and scientific research tools.

2. The integrated quality control management system for helical tomotherapy system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The authority management unit is used to set the authority for physicists of different levels in the radiotherapy department. The authority levels are divided into administrator physicist, supervisor physicist, and junior physicist. Administrator physicist permissions: add and manage all accounts of the quality control management system, use and maintain all system functional modules; Supervisor physicist permissions: perform quality control tests, create quality control reports, process quality control warning information, use and maintain the quality control AI knowledge base; Junior physicist permissions: perform quality control tests, use the quality control AI knowledge base.

3. The integrated quality control management system for helical tomotherapy system according to claim 2, characterized in that: Quality Control Calendar: Displays the quality control results for each day of the month in calendar form, including test items and pass status; displays the quality control content to be done as defined in the plan in calendar form.

4. The integrated quality control management system for helical tomotherapy system according to claim 3, characterized in that: Quality control plan: Customize a quality control plan for a period of time based on the quality control frequency. After the plan is created, it will be automatically updated to the quality control calendar. The plan is editable and maintainable.

5. The integrated quality control management system for helical tomotherapy system according to claim 4, characterized in that: Quality control results: After performing quality control in the quality control calendar, the quality control results can be recorded in a variety of forms, including manual input of quality control results, automatic acquisition of log file filling results, calling analysis software to analyze and save results; Quality control results: After performing quality control in the quality control calendar, the quality control results can be recorded in a variety of forms, including manual input of quality control results, automatic acquisition of log file filling results, calling analysis software to analyze and save results.

6. The integrated quality control management system for helical tomotherapy system according to claim 5, characterized in that: Quality Control Dashboard: Use the filter tool to select time periods and quality control frequency types to display specific quality control results. The quality control results can be displayed in a simplified form on the calendar as pass / fail. You can also view the quality control result details, which include test-related introductions, tools and threshold ranges, specific result values, and pass / fail. Quality control template: You can preset specific items that need to be tested. The default template is predefined based on published industry specifications, industry standards, and operating guidelines. Users can customize quality control tests based on industry specifications / standards or their own hospital requirements and save them as custom templates.

7. The integrated quality control management system for helical tomotherapy system according to claim 6, characterized in that: Quality control report: Users can create a quality control report based on the selected report template and specific date. The quality control report templates are divided into trend report templates, single quality control report templates, streamlined report templates, detailed reports and custom report templates. Custom report templates can select elements in the report according to user requirements.

8. The integrated quality control management system for helical tomotherapy system according to claim 7, characterized in that: The quality control warning pre-sets the acceptable threshold range, i.e. the warning value, for the quality control items defined by the quality control management system of the spiral tomography system. Users can maintain and edit it according to the current standards or consensus. After the quality control items are tested and the results are entered, the system automatically determines whether the quality control results are within the threshold range. If not, the quality control warning is triggered and the quality control item is reminded with a red dot on the quality control dashboard. In the quality control report, the quality control item results within the selected range that exceed the threshold range will be displayed in the warning information column and a reminder will be given.

9. The integrated quality control management system for helical tomotherapy system according to claim 8, characterized in that: During the repair quality control, when the quality control results of the spiral tomography system exceed the threshold range and are confirmed to be caused by the spiral tomography system hardware and software and require repair, one-click warranty will be carried out. The warranty information can be customized by the user to connect to the Internet and send a repair support request to the manufacturer's engineer or customer support service center. If a major repair occurs, the system will automatically remind you of the recommended quality control inspection items.

10. The method for using the integrated quality control management system of a helical tomotherapy system according to claim 9, characterized in that: The specific steps are: S1. According to the quality control requirements of the spiral tomotherapy system, preset the quality control items of relevant tests, including the introduction of quality control items, thresholds and detection methods; S2. Enter the quality control management and select the unique serial number of the spiral tomotherapy system for quality control testing at the site to activate the next step; S3. Create a quality control plan for a specific time period in the quality control calendar, select the quality control frequency, quality control start date, and repetition rules, and the system will automatically create a corresponding plan for the relevant dates in the quality control calendar; S4. After the quality control plan is defined, the system will automatically match the corresponding quality control test items according to the selected information. The user confirms and adds these items. The quality control calendar displays the quality control status of all applicable dates in the plan with different icons according to the project test status; S5. Enter the quality control result input stage. After selecting a specific date, the system lists the quality control items to be selected one by one, and the quality control test results are entered into the system by manual or automatic input; S6. After the entered results are saved, the system background algorithm determines whether the test item has passed, failed, or passed with a warning message based on the preset test item threshold; the system displays the pass status of the quality control items tested on that specific date through different icons in the corresponding calendar in the quality control dashboard stage; S7. If you need to create a report, enter the quality control report stage, select the report template, report type, start and end dates, and generate the corresponding quality control report; S8. If the results of any quality control project exceed the threshold and trigger an early warning message, the user can manually authorize the triggering of the spiral tomography system manufacturer support and support uploading of fault pictures or files required for service support.

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