ThinkQA
Device Facts
| Record ID | K180106 |
|---|---|
| Device Name | ThinkQA |
| Applicant | Dosisoft |
| Product Code | IYE · Radiology |
| Decision Date | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Decision | SESE |
| Submission Type | Traditional |
| Regulation | 21 CFR 892.5050 |
| Device Class | Class 2 |
| Attributes | Software as a Medical Device |
Indications for Use
ThinkQA is a radiation therapy dosimetry Quality Assurance (QA) device consisting of a software framework intended to contain a suite of modules to verify that radiation dose actually delivered to the patient is as intended. The Epibeam module contained in ThinkQA is intended to be used as follows: Epibeam is a standalone software tool independent of the linear accelerator, the TPS and the Record-and-Verify system. It is intended to assist in reducing the clinical risk in the delivery of radiotherapy treatments and does not alter the treatment delivery. It is to be used by a radiation oncology medical professional as a guide to provide pretreatment plan delivery verification. The software is to be used for the purposes of detecting errors in the delivery of radiation therapy prior to treatment, like corruption of the transferred plan data to the treatment unit, inappropriate multileaf collimator sequence or beam output malfunctioning. The software acquires data from the Electronic Portal Imaging Device (EPID) during a blank fraction dedicated to the pretreatment verification without the patient and subsequently processes it. The processed data is compared with data calculated by the Epibeam system. The comparison is derived on one hand, from the application of dose conversion to the EPID data and on the other hand, from the computation of a predicted dose image under ideal conditions of functioning. A gamma-index analysis is then performed according to the dose difference and distance-to-agreement criteria provided by the user. Epibeam is not a treatment planning system and cannot be used to generate radiotherapy treatment plans. It provides an independent means of checking the reliability of the dose delivery for each beam in reference to TPS data. Epibeam therefore provides an added level of treatment quality assurance, thus giving clinicians confidence especially when complex treatment techniques are employed (gantry-fixed and rotational intensity modulated radiation therapy). Epibeam is intended to support decision making in relation to the delivery of treatment plan to the patient with every clinical linear accelerators equipped with an EPID, but does not alter the existing Indications for Use of the treatment unit.
Device Story
ThinkQA (Epibeam module) is a standalone software tool for pretreatment radiotherapy quality assurance. It inputs raw EPID images acquired during a non-patient 'blank' fraction and dosimetric data from a Treatment Planning System (TPS). The device transforms these inputs by applying a dose conversion model to the EPID images and a prediction model to the TPS data to generate two absolute dose images. It compares these images using a 2D gamma-index analysis (dose difference and distance-to-agreement criteria). Used by radiation oncology professionals in a clinical setting, the output is a report with gamma agreement indices and superimposed dose profiles. This allows clinicians to detect errors like data corruption, MLC sequence issues, or beam malfunctions before treatment delivery, thereby reducing clinical risk and increasing confidence in complex treatment delivery.
Clinical Evidence
Bench testing only. The device underwent unit, integration, and system-level verification and validation testing under clinically representative conditions. All test cases met acceptance criteria, and regression testing was successfully performed. No clinical patient data was used.
Technological Characteristics
Standalone software suite. Operates by processing EPID images and TPS dosimetric data. Features include dose conversion models, predicted dose image computation, and 2D gamma-index analysis. Connectivity involves importing data from TPS and EPID systems. Software is offline, automated, and supports static, IMRT, and VMAT techniques.
Indications for Use
Indicated for radiation oncology medical professionals to perform pretreatment plan delivery verification for patients undergoing radiotherapy, including complex techniques like IMRT and VMAT, using clinical linear accelerators equipped with an EPID.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A medical charged-particle radiation therapy system is a device that produces by acceleration high energy charged particles (e.g., electrons and protons) intended for use in radiation therapy. This generic type of device may include signal analysis and display equipment, patient and equipment supports, treatment planning computer programs, component parts, and accessories.
Predicate Devices
- ARIA Radiation Therapy Management - Enhanced Portal Dosimetry gamma evaluation (K133572)
Submission Summary (Full Text)
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March 13, 2018
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DOSIsoft S.A. % Mr. Luc DIOT Quality Director 45/47, avenue Carnot 94230 Cachan FRANCE
Re: K180106
Trade/Device Name: ThinkOA Regulation Number: 21 CFR 892.5050 Regulation Name: Medical charged-particle radiation therapy system Regulatory Class: II Product Code: IYE Dated: December 29, 2017 Received: January 16, 2018
Dear Mr. Diot:
We have reviewed your Section 510(k) premarket notification of intent to market the device referenced above and have determined the device is substantially equivalent (for the indications for use stated in the enclosure) to legally marketed predicate devices marketed in interstate commerce prior to May 28, 1976, the enactment date of the Medical Device Amendments, or to devices that have been reclassified in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Act) that do not require approval of a premarket approval application (PMA). You may, therefore, market the device, subject to the general controls provisions of the Act. The general controls provisions of the Act include requirements for annual registration, listing of devices, good manufacturing practice, labeling, and prohibitions against misbranding and adulteration. Please note: CDRH does not evaluate information related to contract liability warranties. We remind you, however, that device labeling must be truthful and not misleading.
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Michael D. O'Hara For
Robert Ochs. Ph.D. Director Division of Radiological Health Office of In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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## Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known) K180106
Device Name ThinkQA
#### Indications for Use (Describe)
ThinkQA is a radiation therapy dosimetry Quality Assurance (QA) device consisting of a software framework intended to contain a suite of modules to verify that radiation dose actually delivered to the patient is as intended.
The Epibeam module contained in ThinkQA is intended to be used as follows:
Epibeam is a standalone software tool independent of the linear accelerator, the TPS and the Record-and-Verify system. It is intended to assist in reducing the clinical risk in the delivery of radiotherapy treatments and does not alter the treatment delivery. It is to be used by a radiation oncology medical professional as a guide to provide pretreatment plan delivery verification.
The software is to be used for the purposes of detecting errors in the delivery of radiation therapy prior to treatment, like corruption of the transferred plan data to the treatment unit, inappropriate multileaf collimator sequence or beam output malfunctioning. The software acquires data from the Electronic Portal Imaging Device (EPID) during a blank fraction dedicated to the pretreatment verification without the patient and subsequently processes it. The processed data is compared with data calculated by the Epibeam system. The comparison is derived on one hand, from the application of dose conversion to the EPID data and on the other hand, from the computation of a predicted dose image under ideal conditions of functioning. A gamma-index analysis is then performed according to the dose difference and distance-to-agreement criteria provided by the user.
Epibeam is not a treatment planning system and cannot be used to generate radiotherapy treatment plans. It provides an independent means of checking the reliability of the dose delivery for each beam in reference to TPS data.
Epibeam therefore provides an added level of treatment quality assurance, thus giving clinicians confidence especially when complex treatment techniques are employed (gantry-fixed and rotational intensity modulated radiation therapy).
Epibeam is intended to support decision making in relation to the delivery of treatment plan to the patient with every clinical linear accelerators equipped with an EPID, but does not alter the existing Indications for Use of the treatment unit.
*Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable)*
X Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)
Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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# Premarket Notification 510(k) Summary
[as required bv 21 CFR 807.92]
# 510(k) Summary
#### 1. Date the Summary was prepared: 2017-12-08
#### 2. Submitter:
| Company Name: | DOSIsoft SA |
|---------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| Address: | 45-47, Avenue Carnot<br>94230 CACHAN - France |
| Phone No.: | +33 1 41 24 26 26 |
| Fax No.: | +33 1 41 24 26 28 |
| Contact Name: | Mr. Marc USZYNSKI |
#### 3. Device Information:
| Proprietary Name: | ThinkQA |
|----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Trade Names: | ThinkQA, EPIbeam |
| Common Name: | Standalone software quality control system |
| Classification Name: | Medical charged-particle radiation therapy system<br>(Class II, 21 CFR 892.5050, Product Code IYF) |
#### 4. Predicate Device:
K133572 - ARIA Radiation Therapy Management - "Enhanced Portal Dosimetry gamma evaluation" feature - Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
# Executive Summary
## 5. Product Description:
ThinkQA is a modular software suite composed of the module Epibeam which is a quality assurance tool dedicated to Patient Specific QA for pretreatment verification of irradiation beams.
The EPIbeam verification module integrated to the ThinkOA software platform is a Quality Assurance tool in external beam radiation therapy, used in combination with the electronic portal imaging device (EPID) and dedicated to the irradiation beam pre-treatment verifications, particularly for IMRT and VMAT techniques.
EPIbeam principle is based on the comparison of two images expressed in terms of absolute dose: on the one hand, a RT Plan defined in the TPS is used for the acquisition of a real portal image (test image) with the EPID directly irradiated (without attenuating medium); on the same RT Plan is used to compute a theoretical portal image (reference image). Specific models and algorithms are applied to express both images in the same absolute dose terms.
The dose images obtained from the same RT Plan, one by the conversion model of the acquired raw EPID images and the other by the prediction model, can be quantitatively compared through dose difference mappings or 2D gamma-index. Both models are based on dosimetric data provided from the TPS.
## 6. Intended Use and User profiles:
ThinkQA is a modular software suite composed of the module EPIbeam which is a quality assurance tool dedicated to Patient Specific QA for pretreatment verification of irradiation beams.
The intended Use for the EPIbeam module contained in ThinkQA product is as follows:
EPIbeam is a standalone software tool independent of the linear accelerator, the TPS and the Record-and-Verify system. It is intended to assist in reducing the clinical risk in the delivery of radiotherapy treatments and does not alter the treatment delivery. It is to be used by a radiation oncology medical professional as a guide to provide pretreatment plan delivery verification.
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The software is to be used for the purposes of detecting errors in the delivery of radiation therapy prior to treatment, like corruption of the transferred plan data to the treatment unit, inappropriate multileaf collimator sequence or beam output malfunctioning. The software acquires data from the Electronic Portal Imaging Device (EPID) during a blank fraction dedicated to the pretreatment verification without the presence of the patient and subsequently processed data is compared with data calculated by the EPIbeam system. The comparison is derived on one hand, from the application of dose conversion to the EPID data and on the other hand, from the computation of a predicted dose image under ideal conditions of functioning. A gamma-index analysis is then performed according to the dose difference and distance-to-agreement criteria provided by the user.
EPlbeam is not a treatment planning system and cannot be used to generate radiotherapy treatment plans. It provides an independent means of checking the reliability of the dose delivery for each beam in reference to TPS data.
EPIbeam therefore provides an added level of treatment quality assurance, thus giving clinicians confidence especially when complex treatment techniques are employed (gantry-fixed and rotational intensity modulated radiation therapy).
EPIbeam is intended to support decision making in relation to the delivery of treatment plan to the patient with every clinical linear accelerators equipped with an EPID, but does not alter the existing Indications for Use of the treatment unit.
## 7. Technological Characteristics Summary:
The detailed technological characteristics and the substantial equivalence discussion as included in the body of the 510(k) submission support the claim that ThinkQA and its EPIbeam module technological characteristics and indication for use are substantially equivalent to that of its predicate device ARIA Radiation Therapy Management – "Enhanced Portal Dosimetry gamma evaluation" feature – K133572.
The table below compares the device functionalities of ThinkOA / EPIbeam and Portal Dosimetry component of ARIA Radiation Therapy Management product (K133572).
| Functionality | Think QA<br>EPIbeam<br>DOSIsoft SA<br>(this submission) | Portal Dosimetry<br>Varian Medical Systems |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| FDA Control Number | - | K133572 |
| CE Marked | Yes | Yes |
| Pretreatment check | Yes | Yes |
| Independent software | Yes | Only compatible with Varian<br>hardware and software |
| Pretreatment images | Yes | Yes |
| Algorithm for computing predicted reference<br>dose image | Yes | Yes (Eclipse TPS - PDIP) |
| Algorithm for converting acquired portal<br>image into dose image | Yes | Yes |
| Compares measured dose image to the<br>reference dose image according to gamma-<br>index analysis | Yes | Yes |
| Generates a report for the reviewer | Yes | Yes |
| Results include gamma agreement index<br>per beam | Yes | Yes |
| Results include significant statistic gamma<br>index values per beam | Yes | Yes |
| Ability to view test and reference images | Yes | Yes |
| Ability to view superimposed test/reference<br>dose profiles | Yes | Yes |
| Ability to view 2D gamma index distribution | Yes | Yes |
| Patient control database | Yes | Yes (ARIA database) |
| User defined Alert Criteria for out of<br>tolerance analysis | Yes | Yes |
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| Import Approved Plan data from Treatment<br>Planning System | Yes | Yes (ARIA database) |
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| Import Portal Images from pretreatment<br>fraction | Yes | Yes |
| Analysis performed automatically offline | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple treatment techniques | Static, IMRT, VMAT | IMRT, VMAT (RapidARC) |
| EPID panel Calibration required for<br>commissioning | Yes | Yes |
| TPS results for dose data reference | Yes | Yes |
The substantial equivalence discussion sustains the claim that ThinkQA software and its EPIbeam module intended use, clinical, technical (principles of operation, functionalities and critical performances) and biological characteristics are the same as for the predicate device Portal Dosimetry component of ARIA Radiation Therapy Management product CE marked and legally marketed in the U.S. (K133572).
In summary, DOSIsoft therefore considers that, in its opinion, ThinkOA / EPIbeam is substantially equivalent and is as safe and effective as the predicate device.
## 8. Performance Testing - Bench:
ThinkQA software was submitted to performance, functional and algorithmic testing.
The results of performance, functional and algorithmic testing demonstrate that ThinkOA meets the requirements of the device, which are demonstrated to be substantially equivalent to those of the predicate device.
ThinkQA software underwent unit, integration and system tests. All test cases were documented with the results showing that acceptance criteria were met.
Validation of the system under clinically representative conditions has been performed. Results from verification and validation testing demonstrate that conformance to applicable technical design specification has been met and that safety and effectiveness have been achieved.
Regression testing was also successfully performed.
All product requirements can be traced to the test results.
#### Performance Testing Conclusions:
The conclusions of the verification and validation activities are that the safety, performances and benefit / risk ratio under normal conditions of use met device requirements.
The substantial equivalence discussion and the performance testing conclusions demonstrate that ThinkQA is substantially equivalent to and performs at least as safely and effectively as its predicate device.
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