A_DeMichele
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some larger places have experimented with abandoning ArcCheck… a minority now AFAIK
I've heard that it comes down to have an independent third-party verification? Rather the software just spits out what the machine says and is part of the Linacs in house software?Physicists have sold many of us the line that per-patient IMRT QA must be done, forever... because safety. In reality it's probably because: (physicist) job security. Hope it goes away someday. Many academic institutions have abandoned the per-patient QA process FWIW.
Totally. Have worked at places that do both.Physicists have sold many of us the line that per-patient IMRT QA must be done, forever... because safety. In reality it's probably because: (physicist) job security. Hope it goes away someday. Many academic institutions have abandoned the per-patient QA process FWIW.
#freezingcoldtakesIt would be incredibly smart for the company to give genesis so many for cheap. This is how it happens.
It will take sometime but now that they have a clinical trial they can POINT to (unlike what we have seen in proton) there will be patients wanting this. Get ready to compete against your local genesis. Then next thing you know your hospital is getting one.
These mri Linac companies are doing it well.
I think the joke is .. fine .. but I’ve never once supported artificial regulations prop up the job market.
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is Viewray afloat?
I mean, technically, the corpses in Walking Dead can also float...is Viewray afloat?
Honestly the fact that this is so relatable for some colleagues is just sad
this actually happens frequently.
One of the first things I did in both residency and job interviews was to find a way to quickly, but organically, say that my spouse was not locked into a rigid professional career and would be moving with me.Honestly the fact that this is so relatable for some colleagues is just sad
Encroachment must be like many of the jobs: very hidden.
I don't think multiple groups (including NPs) talking about scope expansion is hidden, I would say more "early phases". Sorry if I'm misunderstanding.
Don’t try to make a joke past bedtime.EncroachmentBurden must be like many of the jobs: very hidden.
Link?Recent mednet discussion with Drew M going full Drew M…
Is it a huge ITV? Or is it just like a regular ITV?So the gist is, "I don't do a CTV, I do a huge ITV. Duh."
He seemed to talk about his ITV like it was special, as opposed to just saying "I expand my ITV directly to a PTV."Is it a huge ITV? Or is it just like a regular ITV?
There are ways of thoughtlessly contouring post-obstructive atelectasis that could make an ITV larger than a uniformly expanded G/ITV to ctv after thoughtful creation of the G/ITV. The verbal diarrhea gave me the impression this was an ITV+ he was talking about. Basically a whIteTV (contour the connected white ****)."I contour every little fluff and finger that comes out from the primary tumor and then add an ITV" isn't that remarkable.
Fair enough. It does speak to some of the abdsurdity of our field. I felt like a HN attending who trained me was trying to see how much he could violate consensus guidelines in order to presumably be able to brag about it at ASTRO or something.Sigh.
The point was the irony of making a look-@t-me-ish controversial statement of “0 mm CTV” then ripping on someone for only doing a single expansion off the GTV.
I can imagine being at a thoracic tumor board and hearing rad oncs argue about this and trying to make the same joke I did only to further stoke the argument. We must look like a total clown show.Fair enough. It does speak to some of the abdsurdity of our field. I felt like a HN attending who trained me was trying to see how much he could violate consensus guidelines in order to presumably be able to brag about it at ASTRO or something.
Particularly if you throw a 1 cm ptv margin on like the paper he cited...The simple argument is that we don’t need CTV in the lung, which I agree with. Your mileage may vary. Not everything needs to be so deep, controversial, or past trauma inducing here.