Configuration
Hardware
1 IQM Detector with battery power supply, 1 IQM Detector mount, 1 IQM Transceiver with power supply, 1 Serial cable, 1 Network cable, 1 IQM Workstation (with wall-mount), 2 IQM Virtual Server (Server hardware optional), 1 IQM Service Dummy
Software
1 IQM Database, 1 IQM CALC license, 1 IQM MON license, license-free IQM Review application, site specific interfaces
Detector
Type of Detector
Air-vented large area ionization chamber with gradient response
Number of Detectors
1 (single) ion chamber
Ion chamber volume
550cc
Active Size
26.5cm x 26.5cm
Minimal Field Size:
Unlimited
Maximum Field Size
40cm x 40cm
Detector Resolution
Continuous spatial resolution (similar to radio-chromic film)
Active Detection Area
100% (one single detector with continuous spatial resolution – no discrete detector spacing)
High Voltage
500V
Polling repetition rate
200 ms
Dose Range
0.1MU x cm2 to unlimited
Dose rate dependency
< 0.2% between 20 MU / min and 2400 MU / min
Energy range
Photon energies from 1MV to unlimited (incl. FFF)
Dynamic range
Between 50 counts / minute and 5.000.000 counts / minute
Signal reproducibility
> 99.95%
Signal linearity (dose output)
100% proportional
Air Kerma correction
Built-in Thermometer and Barometer
Inclinometer (built-in)
- Inclinometer resolution: 0.1°
- Gantry angle resolution: 1°
- Collimator angle resolution: 1°
Battery
4 Lithium-Ion batteries (medical device certified)
Battery life
>24 hours
Battery Management System
Monitors and displays current battery status
Battery recharge time
Approx. 25min (20%), approx. 5 hours (100%)
Data connection
Bluetooth
Detector enclosure material
Aluminum with Carbon Fiber cover
LED Indicators
5 on Front Panel (Power On/Off, Electrometer, Inclinometer, Bluetooth, Battery)
Manufactured
100% Made in Germany
Dimensions
45cm x 35cm x 3.5cm (17.7” x 13.8” x 1.37”)
Weight (incl. battery)
4.3kg (9.48lb)
Beam Attenuation
Beam Attenuation Type
Homogeneous, energy dependent
6MV – approx. 5.5%
18MV – approx. 4.5%
Effect on surface dose
3% to 5% increase of local surface dose (at SSD 90cm)
Effect on beam quality
Negligible
Effect on beam spectrum
Negligible
Integration of beam attenuation in TPS
Tray Factor
or
Modified Beam Model
Supplied IQM Service Dummy
Same beam attenuation as IQM detector during service or repair
Connectivity
Detector signal data transfer
Via Bluetooth to IQM Transceiver in the treatment room
(including country-specific power supply)
Via Serial Cable between treatment room and control room
Serial cable
23m (optional 15m or 30m)
Between treatment room and control room
IQM Transceiver
Bluetooth transceiver installed in treatment room
Network cable
10m
Software
IQM Database
SQL database
IQM CALC (Calculator)
Fully automated reference calculation based on imported DicomRT plan datasets
Features
- Automated data import
- Automated patient creation
- Automated reference calculation
- Automated matched energy handling
- Automated “alias” handling
- Automated e-mail reporting
- Automated error reporting
- Automated activity logging
IQM MON (Monitor)
Real-time comparison of the calculated and measured signal at every control point
Features
- Automated patient synchronization
- Automated patient data loading
- Automated tolerance level application
- Automated data acquisition
- Automated data processing
- Automated data comparison
- Automated treatment verification
- Automated error detection
- Automated report generation
IQM Rev (Review)
Offline review software
Data output format
Portable document format (.PDF), Microsoft Excel (.XLSX) and text format (.CSV)
Workstation
Processor
Intel® Core i5 Processor @ 4.0 GHz (6 cores)
Display
23.8” WLED, Full HD 1920x 1080 resolution with anti-glare coating; projected capacitive touch screen
Video
Integrated Intel® HD Graphics 530 (6th generation Core i5/i7 CPUs), Optional 2 GB AMD Radeon™ R7 A370, 2GB
Memory
8 GB DDR4 2.666 MHz
Networking
Intel Wireless-AC 9560, Dualband 2×2 802.11ac Wi-Fi with MU-MIMO + Bluetooth 5
I/O Ports
8 External USB: 6 x 3.0 2 side/4 rear (1 side with Powershare) and 2 x 2.0 2 rear, HDMI 1.4 In/Out, DisplayPort 1.2, RJ-45, 1 Universal Headset (Side), Line-out 1 Rear
Removable Media
Supports optional optical disc drive and standard media card reader
Hard Drives
M.2 256 GB PCIe NVMe Class 35 Solid-State-Disk
Camera
2.0MP FHD webcam with Privacy Cover
Mouse
Dell(TM) MS111 USB Optical Mouse
Keyboard
Dell KB212-B QuietKey USB Keyboard Blac
Operating System
Microsoft® Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Dimensions (H x W x D)
39.290 x 57.524 x 6.269cm
15.468 x 22.647 x 2.468″
Weight
8.150 kg
17.968 lbs
Wall mount
Ergotron LX HD
Virtual Server
Server Virtualization supported
Yes
Supported VM types
Hyper-V and VMWare
Number of Virtual Machines required
2 (1x IQM DB, 1x IQM Services)
Recomnended Hardware Requirements
for each virtual machine:
- Processor: 2.5 GHz or higher, 4 vCPUs or more
- RAM: 12 GB RAM or more
- Hard disk storage: 500 GB or more + (100 GB on IQMAPPSERVER for each additional IQM detector)
Server (optional)
Processor
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R Processor 2,9 GHz, 16 Cores/ 32 Threads
Operating System
Microsoft® Windows Server 2019 Standard
Memory
32 GB RAM
RAID
4 Hard Disk Drives – RAID 10
Hard Drives
4 x 4 TB HDD SATA
Network
2x Network Adapters with Ethernet connections
Additional information
Multi Treatment Room Support
Yes (optional)
Multi-Linac energy matching support
Yes (supports Linac group configuration)
Data Acquisition
During patient treatment for Fraction QA or Plan QA
In absence of patient for Plan QA or Machine QA
Type of Fraction QA
Intra-fractional verification in real-time during patient treatment
Verification frequency
Every beam segment individually (per control point)
Regulatory
Life cycle
2 x 6 years (with scheduled exchange of batteries every 2 years and of detector electronics and of the IQM workstation after 6 years)
Availability
IQM is not available for sale in all countries