Patent ID: 8489431

Claim:
A computer-implemented method to manage direction of an ionizing radiation toward an exposed subject, comprising using a processor-based system at a remote office for: executing code on the processor-based system to establish an internet connection to communicate with a system directing the ionizing radiation toward the exposed subject; executing code on the processor-based system to communicate a status information and individual dose data associated with an event and where direction of ionizing radiation exceeds a threshold; executing code on the processor-based system to create and communicate a report via the internet connection to a display of a user workstation, the report including an indication of the event where direction of ionizing radiation exceeds the threshold and a comparison of the individual radiation dose data and an individual status operation of the system at time of the event relative to a benchmark defined by radiation dose data and status information acquired from a population of other systems that direct ionizing radiation, wherein the report also includes a graphical representation, comprising: a cumulative dose incident map depicting a measure of cumulative radiation dose directed to the exposed subject and having at least two axes that correspond to a geometry of the system directing the ionizing radiation toward the subject, wherein the at least two axes of the cumulative dose incident map comprise a graphic illustration of a horizontal axis to represent varied positions of a gantry in support of a source of the ionizing radiation with respect to a left/right anterior oblique (LAO/RAO) position of the exposed subject and a graphic illustration of a vertical axis that represents a cranial or caudal position of the gantry; and a graphic representation of a distribution of radiation dose to the exposed subject relative to the at least two axes.