User Home
How do I add my QuickLinks Favorites?
Quicklinks, Customize, Select Category, Activities and use the arrows to add/remove into Quicklink Favorites.
What are the 5 rights associated with the Prescribe Treatment Workspace?
Read Prescription, Editing Prescription, Reviewing Prescription, Approve and RT prescription, and Customize look up values in RT Prescription and create shared prescription templates
What are the two parts of the Context Window called?
Scope - Upper window
Focus - Lower window
Where are Breakpoints configured?
Reference Points Workspace
True or False
The Anatomy Atlas is available in Contouring?
True - Navigate to Tools, Anatomy Atlas.
What are the two types of Expert Segmentation Atlases a user can have?
Varian Cases- defaults
Customer Cases - created by user
True or False
A custom support structure be inserted in External Beam Planning.
False
It can only be inserted in Contouring. Only Varian support structures can be inserted in External Beam Planning.
True or False
I can have a deformable registration without a rigid registration.
False - You must first have a rigid registration
Where do I set the default field normalization type?
Calculation Models - Edit - Calculation Options - Field Normalization Type
True or False
Isodose Line Templates created in External Beam Planning by a User saves back to RT Admin.
True - the user setting will become a global setting if it is saved as a Template in External Beam Planning.
When using the Target Auto Crop option in Optimization, what internal margin is used around the cropped overlapping target?
5mm - this is a virtual margin and is NOT displayed
What is the name of the fixation device used in HyperArc Planning?
Q-Fix Encompass Device
Where do I set my Default Workspace?
Quicklinks, Customize, Select Category, Activity and use the arrows to add/remove into Default Workspace.
Where can I add a new treatment technique to be used within an RT prescription?
Navigate to Prescribe Treatment Workspace, select the Manage List Values, Selector: Technique, select Add at the bottom of the list.
In Plan Parameters, what option must be selected to visualize the field display in the 2D window?
Field Graphics
True or False
I can delete a Reference Point in the RTM workspaces?
True - If it is not connected to a plan
What are two options for inserting a new Structure?
RMC on Structure set - new structure
Navigate to Structure On the Menu Bar- New Structure
True or False
Smart Segmentation will contour GTV, CTV and PTV's?
False - except the prostate
What are the types of Registrations you can perform in Eclipse?
Manual Match, Automatic Match, Point Match, Deformable Registration
In which workspace can I create a new 3D image?
Bonus: What is the window called where I create the 3D image?
Selection Workspace
Gallery
What keyboard shortcut takes the user to optimization?
F7
After selecting Automatic Approval as the Logged-in User in RT Administration, where does the user select the items to use?
RT Admin - Tools - User Preferences - select from the 9 options.
This can also be selected in External Beam Planning
What is GPU?
Graphics Processing Unit -for IMRT/VMAT dose optimization and Acuros XB final dose calculation to improve optimization and dose calculation performance.
When used, a new dose calculation engine within the PO optimizer is used call FRDC(Fourier Transform Dose Calculation) and it replaces the MRDC.
What does ALDO stand for?
Automatic Lower Dose Objective
Used in HyperArc optimization
Are advanced User rights required to personalize my User Home and Other's User Homes?
Yes.
Personalize GUI Settings - to configure your own layout and widgets
Apply GUI Setting to Others - allows you to personalize and send other's User Homes.
How should the dose be entered in Reference Points if you are treating twice per day?
The Daily dose will need to be doubled (ex. 200cGy/fx and treating twice per day, daily dose would need to be 400cGy).
True or False
I can add a reference point in Plan Parameters workspace?
True
How many categories are in the Patient Summary Pane?
15 default categories: Alerts, Chart QA, Course Summary, Contact Information, Current Medications, Insurance, Imaging, Journal Notes, Labs, Medical Oncology, Medical Problems, Physicians, Transportation, Treatment Progress, and Vitals
Which 5 structures can be contoured with the Segmentation Wizard?
Brain, Lungs, Eyes, Spinal Cord, Bones
In which Quicklinks Category is Smart Segmentation located?
Imaging
Where are the minimum number of point pairs set for Point Matching? What is the maximum number of points a user can have?
Navigate to Tools on the Menu Bar, Point Matching, enter Number Maximum = 20
I have a CT Simulation/MRI registration. What are the two options to contour on the MRI image?
Activate the registration in contouring, add a new structure on the CT, move the blender bar all the way to the MRI, and begin contouring.
Other option - Add structure to MRI, contour on MRI, right click on structure, select copy structure to registered image
What is ASC and where is it activated?
Aperture Shape Controller - Calculation Models - PO Edit - Aperture Shape Controller - Off to Very High
Where are the stamps deleted that were created by an abnormal termination of the system?
Navigate to RT Admin - System & Facilities - Multi-User Administration
In VMAT planning, how many control points are in 1 full-arc?
178
If you want to increase the CP's, you need to add arcs
How many Arcs are in a HyperArc Plan?
Bonus: Describe each arc setup!
Fixed Geometry, up to 4 Arcs (3 are non-coplanar)
1 full coplanar arc, couch at 0 degrees
1 half non-coplanar arc w/couch rotation of -45 deg
1 half non-coplanar arc w/couch rotation of +45 deg
1 half non-coplanar arc (vertex) w/couch rotation of +/-90 deg
How many widgets can I place on my User Home?
6 Widgets
How many fields are required in the RT Prescription and how can I quickly demonstrate what is required?
10
Select New Prescription and before filling in any boxes, hit Approve. Angry Orange will appear around the required fields.
What type of reference point is created within the RTM workspaces?
DPV - Dose Prescription Volume
True or False
When a plan status is planning approved, there is a green frame around the plan icon?
False - the outline will be blue. Treatment approved has a green box around the icon.
True or False
I can use the Lung Tumor Segmentation tool in Contouring?
False - It is located in Smart Segmentation
How do I edit a Varian expert case?
Navigate to Tools on the Menu bar, Expert Case Administration, Select the Varian case you would like to edit, highlight it, select copy, label it, make changes and select Save.
Will now be published with a 'C'
True or False
In Plan Converter, I can convert a Rapid Arc to a Rapid Arc.
False
You can do Rapid Arc>IMRT
IMRT>IMRT and 3D>3D
True or False
Varian Recommends using the Copy and Paste functionality when revising a treatment plan.
False - Varian Recommends doing a plan revision
True or False
I can change from Isodose Levels to Isodose Color Wash in the 2D view.
True - Click on Isodose Levels to change to Isodose Color Wash. This also applies to relative/absolute dose conversion.
What is the difference between Delete and Purging a patient?
Delete removes everything for a patient EXCEPT the UI (unique ID). Purge removes EVERYTHING including the UI. (The patient ID can be used again).
What is Field-grouping Z-threshold?
The threshold in cm for grouping fields based on isocenter distance in the Z-direction.
Used within Auto-feathering
What treatment unit is also called RDS?
Bonus: What does RDS stand for?
Halcyon Treatment Unit
Ring Delivery System
How can I reduce the list of activities I can visualize from my Quicklinks EMR Category list?
Quicklinks, Customize, Select Category, deselect the box next to the Activity you do not want to see in your list.
What does RTM stand for?
Radiation Treatment Management
In RTM, what are the 3 different symbols and their meanings in the Validation and Approval Pane?
Red Dot = errors, must be resolved before treatment approval allowed
Yellow dot = warnings, will not prevent treatment approval
Green Checkmark = all errors have been cleared and ready for treatment approval
In which 3 RTM Workspaces can you Treatment Approve your plan?
Reference Points
Treatment Preparation
Plan Scheduling
Where is the Workspace Tool Bar activated within Contouring?
Navigate to Tools on the Menu Bar, Options, Main Window
What does the similarity dot represent and how many are there?
It narrows down the expert cases that are most similar to the users case, based off the selections(tumor site, anatomical structures, etc).
5 - 1 meaning not very similar, 5 meaning most similar
What are the two Plan Uncertainty options in External Beam Planning?
Patient Setup Error and Target Shift
In version 15.0 and higher, what is the name of the Directory that improves data security and allows users to access all ARIA and Eclipse Apps with their windows username and password?
Active Directory - provided by the hospital IT department.
What does the keyboard shortcut F5 do?
Calculates Volumetric Dose
In what section of RT Administration is the Physical Materials Tab? Why would we select a Physical Material Table?
RT Admin - Clinical Data - Physical Materials Tab - Table ID for Acuros Calculation Models
What is MCO?
Bonus: How many plans are created for every objective selected?
Multi-Criteria Optimization Trade-off Exploration
3N+1 for single targets
3N+2 for multiple target
What is gEUD?
Generalized Equivalent Uniform Dose- uniform dose distribution that gives the same biological effect (clinical effect) equal to that of a given heterogeneous dose distribution.