6.8.2. System Preset Treatment Protocols
In addition to the default Treat protocol, the system offers four additional pre-defined protocols which
parameters were optimized for specific scenarios:
◼ Excessive Posterior Heating
This protocol should be used in cases in which posterior heating is blocking the energy from heating
the anterior part of the region of treatment.
When selecting this protocol, the system changes the following fields from their default values:
Separate A/P layers = ON
Acoustic power = 20W
Delay between sub-spots = 10 seconds
◼ DQA
This protocol should be used when running a Daily Quality Assurance (DQA).
When selecting this protocol, the system changes the following fields from their default values:
Movement detection = OFF
Balloon boundaries are automatically set to 2mm below the drawn rectal wall, replacing any image-
based identification or tracking
System will not warn about balloon water temperature that is too high or too low.
◼ DQA treatment protocol should only be used when running a Daily Quality
Assurance session.
◼ Do NOT use the DQA protocol in actual treatments.
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◼ Treat – Repeat Aggressive & Treat – Repeat Mild
These two protocols should be used when there is a need to change the intensity (energy) levels of
the Repeat Under-Heated Regions feature.
When selecting one of these protocols, the system either increases (Repeat Aggressive) or decreases
(Repeat Mild) the permissible energy levels of this feature.
It is recommended to use these protocols only after applying the default Repeat Under-Heated
Regions feature (under the Treat protocol), and only in case it did not provide the desired outcome.
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