Supplement 216: Second Generation Radiotherapy – Brachytherapy Radiation Objects

This draft resource specifies additional information object definitions (IODs) needed to support the new Second Generation Radiotherapy IODs and operations. It introduces radiotherapy radiation IODs and radiotherapy radiation set IODs. A radiotherapy radiation set IOD defines a radiotherapy treatment fraction as a collection of instances of radiotherapy radiation IODs. Radiotherapy radiation IODs represent different treatment modalities. This draft resource also introduces the representation of the C-arm techniques.

This draft resource is based on the real-world model and specifications defined in Supplement 147. References, definitions and other information not in this draft resource can be found in Supplement 147.

Main sections:

· Scope and field of application

· Part 2 addendum

· Part 3 addendum

· Part 4 addendum

· Part 6 addendum

· Part 16 addendum