FRONT DESK (reception area)

• Patients cue in
• Patient has a card which tells the computer that the patient is here
• HIPAA – you can’t call the patient by their full name

CONSOLE AREA

• Computers
• Monitors on patient in the treatment room (you must be able to see the patient, on the monitor, to be able to treat)
• Intercom system – you must be able to hear the patient to be able to treat (2-way system / you can hear patient all the time / patient can only hear you when you want them to)
• Red Button – Emergency Off
• Turns of the treatment machine
• Once it is pressed it has to be manually pulled out for machine to go back online
• Circuit breaker – cuts the room power off
• Red light – machine is ON
• Green light – machine is OFF
• Lamp test light button – press this to test the fault light and console lights
• Key – the on/off key for the treatment machine
• *LICENCES must be visible

TREATMENT ROOM DOOR

• red light – machine ON
• green light – machine OFF
• if the door is open the machine won’t go ON
• if the door is opened while the machine is ON it will automatically go OFF

TREATMENT ROOM

              Cobalt Machine or Linear Accelerator

• gantry – arm that rotates the machine around the patient
• pizza board – measures the degrees of gantry rotation also has number pertaining to the treatment
• treatment field light – eminates from the head of the machine, has crosshairs
• beam stopper -  blocks the treatment beams from hitting the walls etc...

Treatment Table

• also has an EMERGENCY OFF
• controls to move the table (can be on the side of the table or hanging from ceiling on the PENDANT)

Pendant – controls that hang from the ceiling.  Controls the table and the treatment machine

Lasers – located on the lateral walls and are used for the proper positioning of the patient (supports REPRODUCABILITY)

Film Holders (HEUSTIS) – x-ray film cassette holder

Blocks

• custom blocks – cut with divergence of the beam
• standard blocks (emergency use) – cut straight with no divergence

Wedge – made of aluminum or lead and they are cut to an angle

Bolus Material – tissue equivalent material.  Often made from beeswax, are used to fill gaps and pits in patient.  Make it possible to give an even dose distribution.

SIMULATOR ROOM

              Floroscope – gives real time x-rays.  Controlled by a foot peddle.

              Simulator – resembles the Linear Accelerator but is for diagnostic purposes.

              Takes x-rays

              Pendant – same as treatment room

Dark Room & Film Proccesor

• x-ray film development
• no light in room except for a red light
• film processing chemicals (beep when they are low)

View Box – on the wall.  Used to view x-rays

JIG – a device used for quality assurance.  Checks the accuracy of the equiptment

DOSIMETRY AREA

• used to make up treatment plans
• computers, scanners for digitizing information