The Opportunity: Making Cancer Treatment Safer and More Efficient |
Radiation therapy is used to treat millions of cancer patients each year and requires precise coordination between treatment planning, data transfer, and treatment delivery. While errors are rare, they do occur and can have serious consequences. Safe treatment depends on many quality checks to create a high-quality treatment plan, transfer the complex information to the delivery system correctly, and deliver treatment accurately. Currently, these quality checks still depend on time-consuming manual reviews by clinical staff. As cancer treatments become more personalized and complex, healthcare providers need a fast and reliable tool to verify that treatments are planned and delivered correctly.
The Technology & Current Status
MONIQA is a software system that automatically retrieves and compares information from radiation therapy planning and treatment delivery systems. It performs automated quality checks across the treatment workflow, including treatment plan compliance, data transfer integrity, and treatment delivery accuracy. The system identifies inconsistencies or potential deviations that may require clinical review and can complete these analyses in approximately one minute. Developed and tested in a clinical environment, MONIQA has been evaluated with multiple modern radiation therapy techniques and is designed to integrate with existing clinical systems.
Initial Target Applications and Markets
MONIQA is intended for radiation oncology departments in hospitals, cancer centers, and private clinics. Additional opportunities exist through partnerships with radiation therapy equipment manufacturers, treatment planning software companies, and healthcare technology providers that support cancer care workflows.