Computer supported collaborative environment for virtual simulation of radiation treatment planning

The collaborative environment architecture is based on both off-line and on-line communication of data under a secure framework and can be directly integrated into the infrastructure of a radiotherapy department. The on-line collaboration is based on the simultaneous execution of all actions at both collaborating sites, and prerequisites the off-line communication of the data set on which the collaboration will be performed. A technical pilot study has been carried out on clinical sites, monitoring the performance of the implementation, which revealed high interactivity during an on-line collaboration session.