MoniQA: a general approach to monitor quality assurance

J. Jacobs; T. Deprez; G. Marchal M.D.; H. Bosmans

doi:10.1117/12.652093

16 March 2006 MoniQA: a general approach to monitor quality assurance

J. Jacobs, T. Deprez, G. Marchal M.D., H. Bosmans

Proceedings Volume 6145, Medical Imaging 2006: PACS and Imaging Informatics; 614502 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.652093
Event: Medical Imaging, 2006, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

MoniQA ("Monitor Quality Assurance") is a new, non-commercial, independent quality assurance software application developed in our medical physics team. It is a complete Java^TM - based modular environment for the evaluation of radiological viewing devices and it thus fits in the global quality assurance network of our (film less) radiology department. The purpose of the software tool is to guide the medical physicist through an acceptance protocol and the radiologist through a constancy check protocol by presentation of the necessary test patterns and by automated data collection. Data are then sent to a central management system for further analysis. At the moment more than 55 patterns have been implemented, which can be grouped in schemes to implement protocols (i.e. AAPMtg18, DIN and EUREF). Some test patterns are dynamically created and 'drawn' on the viewing device with random parameters as is the case in a recently proposed new pattern for constancy testing. The software is installed on 35 diagnostic stations (70 monitors) in a film less radiology department. Learning time was very limited. A constancy check -with the new pattern that assesses luminance decrease, resolution problems and geometric distortion- takes only 2 minutes and 28 seconds per monitor. The modular approach of the software allows the evaluation of new or emerging test patterns. We will report on the software and its usability: practicality of the constancy check tests in our hospital and on the results from acceptance tests of viewing stations for digital mammography.

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J. Jacobs, T. Deprez, G. Marchal M.D., and H. Bosmans "MoniQA: a general approach to monitor quality assurance", Proc. SPIE 6145, Medical Imaging 2006: PACS and Imaging Informatics, 614502 (16 March 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.652093

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