Prostate brachytherapy steppers

Supported hardware devices

Civco brachy steppers

Supported platforms

Installation

Device configuration settings

  • Type: Brachy

  • AcquisitionRate: (Optional, default: 20)

  • LocalTimeOffsetSec: (Optional, default: 0)

  • ToolReferenceFrame: (Optional, default: Tracker)

  • BrachyStepperType: It could be any of the brachy stepper types: (Required)

    • BURDETTE_MEDICAL_SYSTEMS_DIGITAL_STEPPER

    • BURDETTE_MEDICAL_SYSTEMS_DIGITAL_MOTORIZED_STEPPER

    • CMS_ACCUSEED_DS300

    • CIVCO_STEPPER

  • SerialPort: Scalar value that defines the serial port to use, COM1 through COM4. (Optional, default: 0)

  • BaudRate: Baud rate for communication with the stepper. (Optional, default: 19200)

  • ModelNumber: Stepper model number STRING (Optional, default: NULL)

  • ModelVersion: A string (perhaps a long one) describing the type and version of the device. (Optional, default: NULL)

  • ModelSerialNumber: STRING stepper serial number. (Optional, default: NULL)

  • StepperCalibration:

    • AlgorithmVersion. (Optional, default: NULL)

    • Date. (Optional, default: NULL)

    • ProbeTranslationAxisOrientation: VECTOR [Tx, Ty, 1]. (Optional, default: 0 0 1)

    • TemplateTranslationAxisOrientation: VECTOR [Tx, Ty, 1]. (Optional, default: 0 0 1)

    • ProbeRotationAxisOrientation: VECTOR [Trx, Try, 1]. (Optional, default: 0 0 1)

    • ProbeRotationEncoderScale: SCALAR (Optional, default: 1)

    • DataSources: One DataSource child element for each tool. (Required)

      • DataSource: (Required)

        • PortName: (Required)

          • 0 ProbeHomeToProbe transform

          • 1 TemplateHomeToTemplate transform

          • 2 Raw encoder values stored in the position component of the transform (x = probe translation, y = probe rotation, z = template translation)

        • BufferSize: (Optional, default: 150)

        • AveragedItemsForFiltering: (Optional, default: 20)