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ArticleJournal of applied clinical medical physics2023

Automated testing platform for radiotherapy treatment planning scripts.

Joseph John Lucido, Satomi Shiraishi, Srinivas Seetamsetty, David C Ellerbusch, John A Antolak, Douglas J Moseley

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Article in Journal of applied clinical medical physics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Automated rapidplan model validation using Eclipse scripting API.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Joseph John LucidoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Satomi ShiraishiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Srinivas SeetamsettyDepartment of Medical Systems, Nursing, and Information Technology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
David C EllerbuschDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
John A AntolakDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Douglas J MoseleyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Realizing the potential of user-developed automation software interacting with a treatment planning system (TPS) requires rigorous testing to ensure patient safety and data integrity. We developed an automated test platform to allow comparison of the treatment planning database before and after the execution of a write-enabled script interacting with a commercial TPS (Eclipse, Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA) using the vendor-provided Eclipse Scripting Application Programming Interface (ESAPI). The C#-application known as Write-Enable Script Testing Engine (WESTE) serializes the treatment planning objects (Patient, Structure Set, PlanSetup) accessible through ESAPI, and then compares the serialization acquired before and after the execution of the script being tested, documenting identified differences to highlight the changes made to the treatment planning data. The first two uses of WESTE demonstrated that the testing platform could acquire and analyze the data quickly (<4 s per test case) and facilitate the clinical implementation of write-enabled scripts.

Indexed as

Radiotherapy, Intensity-ModulatedHumansPatient Care PlanningRadiotherapy DosageRadiotherapy Planning, Computer-AssistedSoftwareAuotmationRadiation TherapyTreatment Planning

Identifiers

PMID36411733
PMCPMC9859978

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