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Title: SU-E-P-22: AAPM Task Group 263 Tackling Standardization of Nomenclature for Radiation Therapy

Abstract

Purpose: There is growing recognition of need for increased clarity and consistency in the nomenclatures used for body and organ structures, DVH metrics, toxicity, dose and volume units, etc. Standardization has multiple benefits; e.g. facilitating data collection for clinical trials, enabling the pooling of data between institutions, making transfers (i.e. hand-offs) between centers safer, and enabling vendors to define “default” settings. Towards this goal, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) formed a task group (TG263) in July of 2014, operating under the Work Group on Clinical Trials to develop consensus statements. Guiding principles derived from the investigation and example nomenclatures will be presented for public feedback. Methods: We formed a multi-institutional and multi-vendor collaborative group of 39 physicists, physicians and others involved in clinical use and electronic transfer of information. Members include individuals from IROC, NRG, IHE-RO, DICOM WG-7, ASTRO and EORTC groups with overlapping interests to maximize the quality of the consensus and increase the likelihood of adoption. Surveys of group and NRG members were used to define current nomenclatures and requirements. Technical requirements of vendor systems and the proposed DICOM standards were examined. Results: There is a marked degree of inter and intra institutional variation inmore » current approaches, resulting from inter-vendor differences in capabilities, clinic specific conceptualizations and inconsistencies. Using a consensus approach, the group defined optimal formats for the naming of targets and normal structures. A formal objective assessment of 13 existing clinically-used software packages show that all had capabilities to accommodate these recommended nomenclatures. Conclusions: A multi-stakeholder effort is making significant steps forward in developing a standard nomenclature that will work across platforms. Our current working list includes > 550 structures. Outreach efforts are ongoing to ensure broader participation in evaluating and testing the principles as they are developed by TG263.« less

Authors:
;  [1];  [2];  [3]; ;  [4];  [5];  [6];  [7];  [8]; ;  [9];  [10];  [11];  [12];  [13];  [14];  [15];  [16];  [17] more »; « less
  1. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
  2. Univ Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
  3. Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
  4. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (United States)
  5. Washington Univ, Saint Louis, MO (United States)
  6. Univ Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (United States)
  7. UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC (United States)
  8. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (United States)
  9. UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX (United States)
  10. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (United States)
  11. Johns Hopkins University, Severna Park, MD (United States)
  12. Baptist Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL (United States)
  13. Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON (Canada)
  14. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (United States)
  15. Washington University School of Medicine, St.louis, MO (United States)
  16. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
  17. Washington University, Saint Louis, MO (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22486674
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Medical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 42; Journal Issue: 6; Other Information: (c) 2015 American Association of Physicists in Medicine; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-2405
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPUTER CODES; DRUGS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOTHERAPY; STANDARDIZATION

Citation Formats

Matuszak, M, Feng, M, Moran, J, Xiao, Y, Mayo, C, Miller, R, Bosch, W, Popple, R, Marks, L, Wu, Q, Molineu, A, Martel, M, Yock, T, McNutt, T, Brown, N, Purdie, T, Yorke, E, Santanam, L, Gabriel, P, Michalski, J, and others, and. SU-E-P-22: AAPM Task Group 263 Tackling Standardization of Nomenclature for Radiation Therapy. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1118/1.4923956.
Matuszak, M, Feng, M, Moran, J, Xiao, Y, Mayo, C, Miller, R, Bosch, W, Popple, R, Marks, L, Wu, Q, Molineu, A, Martel, M, Yock, T, McNutt, T, Brown, N, Purdie, T, Yorke, E, Santanam, L, Gabriel, P, Michalski, J, & others, and. SU-E-P-22: AAPM Task Group 263 Tackling Standardization of Nomenclature for Radiation Therapy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4923956
Matuszak, M, Feng, M, Moran, J, Xiao, Y, Mayo, C, Miller, R, Bosch, W, Popple, R, Marks, L, Wu, Q, Molineu, A, Martel, M, Yock, T, McNutt, T, Brown, N, Purdie, T, Yorke, E, Santanam, L, Gabriel, P, Michalski, J, and others, and. 2015. "SU-E-P-22: AAPM Task Group 263 Tackling Standardization of Nomenclature for Radiation Therapy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4923956.
@article{osti_22486674,
title = {SU-E-P-22: AAPM Task Group 263 Tackling Standardization of Nomenclature for Radiation Therapy},
author = {Matuszak, M and Feng, M and Moran, J and Xiao, Y and Mayo, C and Miller, R and Bosch, W and Popple, R and Marks, L and Wu, Q and Molineu, A and Martel, M and Yock, T and McNutt, T and Brown, N and Purdie, T and Yorke, E and Santanam, L and Gabriel, P and Michalski, J and others, and},
abstractNote = {Purpose: There is growing recognition of need for increased clarity and consistency in the nomenclatures used for body and organ structures, DVH metrics, toxicity, dose and volume units, etc. Standardization has multiple benefits; e.g. facilitating data collection for clinical trials, enabling the pooling of data between institutions, making transfers (i.e. hand-offs) between centers safer, and enabling vendors to define “default” settings. Towards this goal, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) formed a task group (TG263) in July of 2014, operating under the Work Group on Clinical Trials to develop consensus statements. Guiding principles derived from the investigation and example nomenclatures will be presented for public feedback. Methods: We formed a multi-institutional and multi-vendor collaborative group of 39 physicists, physicians and others involved in clinical use and electronic transfer of information. Members include individuals from IROC, NRG, IHE-RO, DICOM WG-7, ASTRO and EORTC groups with overlapping interests to maximize the quality of the consensus and increase the likelihood of adoption. Surveys of group and NRG members were used to define current nomenclatures and requirements. Technical requirements of vendor systems and the proposed DICOM standards were examined. Results: There is a marked degree of inter and intra institutional variation in current approaches, resulting from inter-vendor differences in capabilities, clinic specific conceptualizations and inconsistencies. Using a consensus approach, the group defined optimal formats for the naming of targets and normal structures. A formal objective assessment of 13 existing clinically-used software packages show that all had capabilities to accommodate these recommended nomenclatures. Conclusions: A multi-stakeholder effort is making significant steps forward in developing a standard nomenclature that will work across platforms. Our current working list includes > 550 structures. Outreach efforts are ongoing to ensure broader participation in evaluating and testing the principles as they are developed by TG263.},
doi = {10.1118/1.4923956},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22486674}, journal = {Medical Physics},
issn = {0094-2405},
number = 6,
volume = 42,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}