MRI Integration in
Radiotherapie
Quality Assurance
Technical
Consulting
Phantom
Development
MRI
Standardisation

Technical
Consulting
MRI
Standardisation

Workflow Analysis

Staff Skill
Patient
planning
Image
acquisition
Image quality
No repeated scans
Patient
change
Workflow Analysis

Detailed Workflow Analysis
Image
Acquisition
Patient
Change
TotalMeasurementTime

Detailed Workflow Analysis
Image
Acquisition
Patient
Change
TotalMeasurementTime

Detailed Workflow Analysis
Identify the bottleneck

− Appointment planning

Same body region

Different body regions

− Image acquisition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRkgTIei6xM

− Staff skill
➢ Repeated scans

Same Localizer often repeated

− Staff skill
➢ Scan pause

Lot of scan pauses for
the abdomen protocol

− General workflow optimization

Contrast agent application (blue) takes longer than needed

Workflow optimization
*
Image
Acquisition
Patient
Change
TotalMeasurementTime
*Example of a recent customer
- Sequence optimization
- Standardization
- Workflow optimization
(together with the staff)
X Patients / Day X + 3 Patients / Day

Workflow optimization
Results
27.4 % Pause 12.8 % Pause
Comparison for Head protocol*
before after
*Example of a recent customer
Scanduration[min]

HQ IMAGING
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