TY - JOUR
T1 - A multi-user networked database for analysis of clinical and temperature data from patients treated with simultaneous radiation and ultrasound hyperthermia
AU - Straube, W. L.
AU - Myerson, R. J.
AU - Moros, E. G.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supportdeby NIH Grant # RO1 CA 71638.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - A database was developed using commercially available development software that allows the entry of clinical data and automatically analyses temperature and power data from a commercial ultrasound hyperthermia system. The database can be accessed via network connections by more than one authorized user, thus facilitating the entry, management, and analysis of clinical data. The software automatically estimates ultrasound induced temperature artifacts and calculates thermal dose parameters such as T90s, equivalent minutes at 43°, and time at or above index temperatures using the corrected temperatures. These parameters also become part of the database. Digital photographs of treatment setup, probe placement, and tumour or normal tissue response can be included in the database for documentation and reference. Ultrasound diagnostic images that document the depth and reproducibility of probe placement can be scanned into the PC and included in the database as well. This short communication documents experiences developing this tool that may be useful to other investigators.
AB - A database was developed using commercially available development software that allows the entry of clinical data and automatically analyses temperature and power data from a commercial ultrasound hyperthermia system. The database can be accessed via network connections by more than one authorized user, thus facilitating the entry, management, and analysis of clinical data. The software automatically estimates ultrasound induced temperature artifacts and calculates thermal dose parameters such as T90s, equivalent minutes at 43°, and time at or above index temperatures using the corrected temperatures. These parameters also become part of the database. Digital photographs of treatment setup, probe placement, and tumour or normal tissue response can be included in the database for documentation and reference. Ultrasound diagnostic images that document the depth and reproducibility of probe placement can be scanned into the PC and included in the database as well. This short communication documents experiences developing this tool that may be useful to other investigators.
KW - Database
KW - Hyperthermia
KW - Temperature analysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0032880699&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/026567399285602
DO - 10.1080/026567399285602
M3 - Article
C2 - 10519693
AN - SCOPUS:0032880699
SN - 0265-6736
VL - 15
SP - 419
EP - 426
JO - International Journal of Hyperthermia
JF - International Journal of Hyperthermia
IS - 5
ER -