At the end of the course, the learner will be able to:

• Through comprehensive lectures and hands-on practice, understand the operational concept of the COHERENCE Physicist Workspace.
• Through hands-on practice and classroom training, navigate through the Service UI to setup machine Protocols, import images into the CDC task card, create dose response curves (e.g. H&D) and condition/manipulate images.
• Through hands-on practice, demonstrate proficiency in Test Preparation and beam setup for each of the four test types: Mechanical, Dosimetry, Safety, Others.
• Competently work with conditioned images in MQA Analysis to complete linac machine QA.
• Utilizing the MQA task card Documentation tool, be able to graphical represent the analysis data to document trends and compliance.

This course is designed for OCS customers needing a working knowledge of the use of the COHERENCE Physicist Workspace™. Instructional materials to support the major workflows for machine Protocol creation, COHERENCE Data Conditioner (CDC) setup and purpose, and the Machine Quality Assurance (MQA) task card purpose. Tools include importing images and converting those images to DICOM. Tools include creating new beam test set up, parameter and specification ranges. The course also provides training on tools supporting the Test Preparation, Analysis, and Documentation of the developed QA tests. In addition to classroom lecture, practical sessions are also included which utilize the two task cards (CDC and MQA). These practical sessions include developing the seven different test types and performing analysis and documentation on the images provided. The COHERENCE Physicist is a useful tool that provides the participants a means to perform and document various machine QA tests.

Participants must be Physicists and have a working knowledge of required machine Quality Assurance. Experience using the syngo platform is helpful but not required.

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. will provide the following training for OCS customers requiring this knowledge. This is a two-day training course from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, to be held in the Siemens Training and Development Center in Cary, North Carolina. Focusing on functionality, operation and optimization, the course is designed to introduce customers to the basics of image conditioning for the use with machine quality assurance tests using the COHERENCE Physicist Workspace. All functionality is described and demonstrated in class with hands-on sessions. The effects of this training and the impact on clinical QA workflow will be clearly defined and explained. The classroom setting provides an environment conducive to learning without distractions and provides opportunities for questions and answers.

Siemens Training and Development Center
3333 Regency Parkway, Rm. 10
Cary, North Carolina 27511