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Plan Checker Extensions - V18 First Look
Eclipse v18 introduces Plan Checker Extensions, enabling developers to create fully custom automated plan QA rules beyond Varian’s built-in checks. This post explores how Plan Checker extensions inherit from CheckBase, integrate with custom Plan Checker plugins, and encode institution-specific tolerances and logic directly into the planning workflow as part of the new V18 plan checking framework.
mschmidt33
Jan 67 min read


Plan Checker Plugins - V18 First look
Eclipse v18 introduces the Varian Plan Checker, a built-in tool for standardized plan review and documentation. Learn how to create custom Plan Checker plugins, combine information, manual, regex, and automatic checks, and integrate clinical rules directly into the planning workflow. Includes a full open-source example to help clinics build their own institutional plan QA.
mschmidt33
Dec 17, 20258 min read


Automated Planning from Templates III: Multi-threading
In Part III of our Automated Planning from Templates series, we tackle ESAPI UI freezing with a multi-threaded worker pattern, ensure thread-safe updates, and add a progress bar for real-time feedback. The result: smoother, safer, and more responsive automated planning applications.
mschmidt33
Sep 7, 20257 min read


Automated Planning from Templates II: RapidPlan Optimization
Learn how to automate RapidPlan optimization in Eclipse using the Clinical Template Reader API. This follow-up blog shows how to apply a RapidPlan model to a template-based plan, calculate dose, and evaluate protocol-based metrics—all within a custom MVVM application.
mschmidt33
Aug 3, 20259 min read


Webinars Revisited: Automated Treatment Planning from Templates
Learn how to automate treatment planning in Eclipse using the Clinical Template Reader and ESAPI. This blog revisits the Clinical Template Driven Plan Automation webinar, guiding you through setting up a clinical protocol and building a simple automated planning UI to generate plans directly from templates. Start your journey toward efficient, standardized planning workflows.
mschmidt33
Jul 10, 202510 min read


Advanced Structure Resolution Manipulation with ESAPI using the Simple Structure Builder
New high-to-low and low-to-high resolution conversion tools ensure seamless integration of structures regardless of segmentation settings.
mschmidt33
Feb 11, 20258 min read


Conquering WPF Reporting in ESAPI Applications
The WPF-compatible printing approaches covered in this post will assist in pinpointing the ideal printing strategy for your workflow.
mschmidt33
Jan 23, 202510 min read


Structure Builder - An open-source Boolean-based structure creation tool
The Structure Builder offers increased efficiency to automating the creation of boolean operation structures in Eclipse.
mschmidt33
Jul 29, 20249 min read
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