Table III.

The time differences to carry out a prostate and pelvic node treatment delivered by IMRT compared with a two‐phase prostate treatment by conventional radiotherapy. $\mathrm{R}=\text{radiographers}$, $\mathrm{C}=\text{clinicians}$, and $\mathrm{P}=\text{physicists}$.

Task	Time for IMRT treatment	Time for conventional treatment	Staff involved
Pre CT simulation, immobilization, and tattooing	15 min	15 min R
CT scanning	20 min	20 min	R
Outlining on hard copies	$\frac{1}{2}\mathrm{h}$	$\frac{1}{2}\mathrm{h}$	C
Outlining on CadPlan	$1\frac{1}{2}\mathrm{h}$	$\frac{1}{2}\mathrm{h}$	C
Planning	6 h	$1\frac{1}{2}\mathrm{h}$ for Phase I	P
		1 h for Phase II
Checking plan	$\frac{1}{2}\mathrm{h}$	$\frac{1}{2}\mathrm{h}\left(\text{Ph I}\right)+\frac{1}{2}\mathrm{h}\left(\text{Ph II}\right)$	P, C
Approving plan	$\frac{1}{4}\mathrm{h}$	$\frac{1}{4}\mathrm{h}\left(\text{Ph I}\right)+\frac{1}{4}\mathrm{h}\left(\text{Ph II}\right)$	C
Isocenter check on simulator	$\frac{1}{2}\mathrm{h}$	$\frac{1}{2}\mathrm{h}$ (Ph I)	R
		$\frac{1}{2}\mathrm{h}$ (Ph II)
QA	4 h	N/A	P
Checking VARiS	$\frac{1}{2}\mathrm{h}$	$\frac{1}{4}\mathrm{h}$	R
Dummy run of delivery	$\frac{1}{4}\mathrm{h}$	N/A	R
Treatment delivery	$35\times \frac{1}{4}\mathrm{h}(8\frac{3}{4}\mathrm{h})$	$35\times 10min(5\mathrm{h}50min)$	R
Total	$23\frac{1}{2}\mathrm{h}$	$12\frac{3}{4}\mathrm{h}$