Particle Beam Treatment Abnormality Triage for Continue-or-Interrupt Decisions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional particle beam treatment apparatuses face long processing times when abnormalities occur, leading to uncertainty for users on whether to continue or interrupt treatment, imposing burdens on both users and patients.
Innovation Solution
An abnormality processing system and method that utilizes a management computer connected to multiple computers via a network to detect abnormalities and display handling items, including information for users to determine whether to continue or interrupt treatment based on processing time and priority.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional abnormality processing methods are used in particle beam treatment apparatus, then the system can detect and respond to abnormalities, but the processing time becomes excessively long and user burden increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary classification of abnormalities into multiple types (first type requiring treatment interruption, second type allowing continuation) before the user needs to make decisions. By pre-establishing abnormality categories and their corresponding handling procedures, the system eliminates time-consuming analysis during critical moments, enabling rapid user response while maintaining reliable abnormality detection
Solution Approach 2:
The abnormality processing method is segmented into distinct types with different handling procedures. First type abnormalities require treatment interruption while second type abnormalities allow continuation. This segmentation enables the system to provide targeted, efficient responses for each abnormality category rather than using a single time-consuming processing path for all abnormalities
2Reliability
If treatment is interrupted for all abnormalities, then safety is maintained, but patient burden increases when rapid recovery is possible
Solution Approach 1:
Different quality levels of response are applied to different types of abnormalities. First type abnormalities receive strict handling with treatment interruption to ensure safety, while second type abnormalities receive lenient handling allowing treatment continuation. This localized quality approach ensures safety where needed while maintaining patient convenience when the apparatus can rapidly recover, eliminating the need for blanket treatment interruptions
3Measurement precision
If detailed abnormality analysis is performed, then accurate handling decisions can be made, but the time required for user determination increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary classification of abnormalities into first type and second type before user determination is needed. By pre-establishing classification criteria and categories based on abnormality characteristics, the system provides users with already-analyzed, categorized information that requires minimal additional analysis time while maintaining high classification accuracy for appropriate handling decisions
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AI summary
According to the present embodiment, an abnormality processing system includes one or more management computers connected to a plurality of computers configured to process information relating to a particle beam treatment apparatus through a network, wherein the management computer is configured to; acquire processing information indicating a current state of the particle beam treatment apparatus from a plurality of computers; detect, when at least one abnormality occurs in the particle beam treatment apparatus, an abnormality from the acquired processing information; and display, upon detecting the abnormality, at least one handling item indicating a processing method for a user to process the abnormality, which includes information enabling the user to determine whether to continue or interrupt a treatment for a patient.