Radiotherapy Workflow GUI for Stage-Based Console Operation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional radiotherapy systems are complex, inefficient, and dangerous due to the inconvenient display of voluminous data, requiring extensive training and leading to errors and inefficiencies in patient positioning and machine adjustments, with operators often needing to monitor from a secondary location, complicating the workflow.
Innovation Solution
A workflow-oriented graphical user interface that segments data by treatment stages, displayed on a single screen, allowing operators to focus on the patient and machine without diverting attention, and a pendant for easy control, along with a console monitoring system that segments data based on treatment stages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If all radiotherapy data is displayed on a single screen at once, then the operator has access to complete information, but the interface becomes overwhelming and difficult to understand
Solution Approach 1:
The graphical user interface is divided into multiple navigable pages, each displaying a specific subset of radiotherapy data relevant to particular treatment stages. This segmentation allows the operator to access complete information across multiple pages while maintaining clarity on each individual page by showing only relevant data subsets.
2Loss of information
If the display screen is placed on a wall near the radiotherapy machine, then the operator can see the data, but the operator must turn away from the patient and machine, interrupting the workflow
Solution Approach 1:
The display interface is integrated directly onto the pendant controller, moving the display from a fixed wall-mounted position to a portable handheld device. This dimensional change allows the operator to view data in the same physical space as the patient and machine, eliminating the need to turn away and maintaining continuous workflow.
3Adaptability or versatility
If conventional pendants with many input mechanisms are used, then the operator can control various parameters, but the complexity requires extensive training and leads to errors
Solution Approach 1:
The pendant interface dynamically adapts its display and controls based on the current treatment stage and context. Instead of showing all possible controls simultaneously, the interface presents only the relevant controls for the current operation, reducing cognitive load and eliminating the need for operators to memorize numerous input mechanisms while maintaining full control capability.
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AI summary
Disclosed herein are radiotherapy methods and systems that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a method comprises presenting, by a server, a first page of a first graphical user interface on the radiotherapy console associated with a radiotherapy machine in a treatment room, wherein the first graphical user interface contains a plurality of pages, each page corresponding to a stage of treatment implemented by the radiotherapy machine, and the first page corresponds to a first stage; and transitioning, by the server, the first page of the first graphical user interface to a second page of the first graphical user interface corresponding to a second stage responsive to an input of a user interacting with a second graphical interface presented on a display in the treatment room indicating that at least a predetermined portion of tasks associated with the first stage has been satisfied.