Patent ID: 8380538

Claim:
A method of utilizing a treatment planning system having a computer to design in a planning process and deliver one or more treatment plans for a complete radiotherapy treatment, comprising: designating to the computer a plan or multiple plans from treatment plans P 1 through P n for each treatment day T 1 through T m ; designating to the computer an order of administration of the designated treatment plans for each treatment day T 1 through T m ; inputting to the computer the designations into the treatment planning system; viewing on a computer display one or more treatment fractions that link the designated treatment plans with the designated treatment days T 1 through T m ; viewing on the computer display the treatment fractions in a sequential order; viewing on the computer display a summation of the fractions for each treatment day T 1 through T m ; at an end of the planning process approving with the computer the treatment fractions and the order of administration; and after the approval at the end of the planning process and before any patient treatment with the treatment plans conveying the treatment plans to a treatment center and preventing with the computer changes of the treatment fractions and order of administration after the approval is received.