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The .decimal astroid Dosimetry App device is used for planning and analysis of proton radiation therapy treatments. The Dosimetry App serves as a tool which provides tested and validated calculation and design functions for use in other enduser applications. The Dosimetry App provides access to the functions that make up what is considered much of the core components of a typical proton treatment planning system. Through the use of these functions in user generated scripts or programs, users will be able to design and/or analyze proton treatment plans for regular fields using custom designed blocks and range compensators. Additionally, the functions provided by this device can also allow users to generate programs and scripts capable of performing treatment preparation and plan analysis tasks, such as structure/contour modification, image data analysis, and secondary dose calculation checks. Users should be experienced computer programmers, researchers, and physicists that contain a strong working knowledge of proton radiation therapy and general treatment planning processes.

The .decimal Astroid Dosimetry App device is used for planning and analysis of proton radiation therapy treatments. The Dosimetry App device is not an interactive end user application. Users of the system will write scripts or fully interactive software programs that make calls to the functions provided by the Astroid Dosimetry App. In essence, this device serves a foundational proton dosimetry calculation library that greatly reduces the burden and time required to develop treatment planning and plan analysis software by making readily available much of the core functionality common to these types of applications. This core functionality includes various CT image processing tools, structure and contour modification operators, proton dose calculations, proton aperture and range compensator device design algorithms, and other low-level radiotherapy specific calculation functions.

.decimal's Aperture manufacturing service manufactures the ring and solid core apertures for intensity modulation of external beam proton radiation therapy. The apertures are designed by the customer's treatment planning system to block radiation from hitting critical structures and healthy tissue while guiding the radiation to the targeted area.

The .decimal Proton Aperture is a Brass Core encased in a reusable steel ring (or material with similar attenuating properties) with a 2D hole cut from it, which defines the area that is to be treated with a proton beam. The design for a .decimal Proton Aperture is generated out of a customer's treatment planning system (TPS) or physician's specifications and is unique to each patient. The device functions as a beam shaping block. The apertures are inserted into the gantry's snout to shape and focus the beam as it exits the gantry en route to the targeted area. As radiation is passed through the gantry, the beam passes through aperture and it will be blocked. The opening of the aperture where there is no brass, the radiation will pass through targeted area defined by the radiation therapy professional.

.decimal's Photon Block manufacturing service manufactures Photon Blocks for external beam photon radiation therapy. The Photon Block is designed by the customer's treatment planning system or physician specifications to block radiation from hitting critical structures and healthy tissue while guiding the radiation to the targeted area. Photon Blocks are intended for use by healthcare professionals. In IMRT therapy for cancer, a photon beam is aimed at the cancerous tissue using a linear accelerator. The linear accelerator is rotated around the patient while the patient lies on a treatment table; the linear accelerator consists of the gantry, which rotates around the patient. The gantry contains a collimator, which points at pre-determined positions to maximize efficiency and dose delivery to the tumor volume. Each gantry angle, or "port", requires custom-made, beam modifying, patient specific devices called: Photon Block. The Photon Block is inserted into the gantry's collimator to shape and focus the beam as it exits the gantry en route to the targeted area. The photon block is also called a cerrobend block, which defines the area that is to be treated with the photon beam. Photon Blocks are generated out of the treatment planning system or physician's specifications and are unique to each patient and each gantry angle.

The .decimal Photon Block is a Cerrobend block (or material with similar attenuating properties) with a 2D pattern/hole made from it, which defines the area that is to be treated with a photon beam. The design for a .decimal Photon Block is generated out of a customer's treatment planning system (TPS) or physician's specifications and is unique to each patient. The device functions as a beam shaping block. The block fits into a customer's linear accelerator. As radiation is passed through the collimator, the beam passes through cerrobend and it will be blocked the opening of the photon block where there is no ccrrobend, the radiation will pass through targeted area defined by the radiation therapy professional.

Bolus Compensators are used by radiation therapy professionals for the treatment of cancer patients. They are designed by radiation therapy professionals for a unique patient and are intended to modify the shape of a beam from a radiation therapy source. Each Bolus Compensator must be validated and approved by the radiation therapy professional prior to use on a patient.

.decimal's Bolus Compensator manufacturing service manufactures the solid Bolus Compensators for intensity modulation of external beam radiation therapy. The Bolus Compensators are designed by the customer's treatment planning system to block radiation from hitting critical structures and healthy tissue while guiding the radiation to the targeted area.

The p.d software is used by radiation therapy professionals to assist in the treatment of cancer patients. The p.d software takes a Treatment Planning System design of a compensating filter which contains steep, narrow, and unmachinable areas and then smoothes them out into a machinable surface. And the software converts Treatment Planning System compensator filter file into a .decimal file format. Optionally the user may elect to design a beam shaping compensator filter based on Treatment Planning System's data which will be transferred back into the Treatment Planning System for final dose verification. The customer uses the software in-house before sending the file to .decimal to be manufactured. Each filter must be QA'd and approved by a radiation therapy professional prior to use on a patient.

The p.d software is used by radiation therapy professionals to assist in the treatment of cancer patients. The p.d software takes a Treatment Planning System design of a compensating filter which contains steep, narrow, and unmachinable areas and then smoothes them out into a machinable surface. And the software converts Treatment Planning System compensator filter file into a .decimal file format. Optionally the user may elect to design a beam shaping compensator filter based on Treatment Planning System's data which will be transferred back into the Treatment Planning System for final dose verification. The customer uses the software in-house before sending the file to .decimal to be manufactured. Each filter must be QA'd and approved by a radiation therapy professional prior to use on a patient.

In proton therapy for cancer, a proton beam is aimed at the cancerous tissue using a large "snout". The "snout" is rotated around the patient using a large, three-story gantry. While the patient lies on a treatment table, the gantry rotates around and points the snout at pre-determined positions to maximize efficiency and dose delivery to the tumor volume. Each gantry angle, or "port", requires two custom-made, beam modifying, patient specific devices: a range compensator and an aperture. The range compensator is made out of acrylic or wax. The custom shape/design specifications for range compensators are generated out of the treatment planning system and are unique to each patient and each gantry angle (most patients will have 2-3 different gantry angles.) The outer dimensions/specifications are vendor specific, based upon the manufacturer of the proton delivery machines.

.decimal's Range Compensator manufacturing service manufactures the solid Range Compensators for intensity modulation of external beam proton radiation therapy. The Range Compensator are designed by the customer's treatment planning system to block radiation from hitting critical structures and healthy tissue while guiding the radiation to the targeted area.

In proton therapy for cancer, a proton beam is aimed at the cancerous tissue using a large "snout". The "snout" is rotated around the patient using a large, three-story gantry. While the patient lies on a treatment table, the gantry rotates around and points the snout at pre-determined positions to maximize efficiency and dose delivery to the tumor volume. Each gantry angle, or "port", requires two custom-made, beam modifying, patient specific devices: a range compensators and apertures. The apertures are inserted into the gantry's snout to shape and focus the beam as it exits the gantry en route to the targeted area. The aperture is a brass plate with a 2D pattern/hole cut out of it, which defines the area that is to be treated with the proton beam. Apertures are generated out of the treatment planning system and are unique to each patient and each gantry angle (most patients will have 2-3 different gantry angles.) The outer dimensions/specifications are vendor specific, based upon the manufacturer of the proton delivery machines.

.decimal's Aperture manufacturing service manufactures the solid apertures for intensity modulation of external beam proton radiation therapy. The apertures are designed by the customer's treatment planning system to block radiation from hitting critical structures and healthy tissue while guiding the radiation to the targeted area.

The p.d software takes a Treatment Planning System design of a compensating filter used for radiation therapy which contains steep, narrow, and unmachinable areas and then smoothes them out into a machinable surface. The customer will use the software in-house before sending the file to .decimal to be manufactured. Each filter must be QA'd by the customer before use on a patient.

.decimal created a software translator to be used with a Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning Systems (TPS). The software takes the TPS design of a compensating filter used for radiation therapy which contains steep, narrow, and unmachinable areas and then smoothes them out into a machinable surface.