Automated testing platform for radiotherapy treatment planning scripts

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...

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Published in:Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2023-01, Vol.24 (1), p.e13845-n/a
Main Authors: Lucido, Joseph John, Shiraishi, Satomi, Seetamsetty, Srinivas, Ellerbusch, David C., Antolak, John A., Moseley, Douglas J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Application programming interface
Auotmation
Automation
Design specifications
Humans
Patient Care Planning
Patient safety
Planning
Radiation Therapy
Radiotherapy Dosage
Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted
Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated
Software
Technical Note
Technical Notes
Treatment Planning
User interface
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Summary: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 (
ISSN:1526-9914
1526-9914
DOI:10.1002/acm2.13845