title: Optimage central organised image quality control including statistics and reporting.
abstract: Quality control of medical imaging systems is performed using dedicated phantoms. As the imaging systems are more and more digital, adequate image processing methods might help to save evaluation time and to receive objective results. The developed software package OPTIMAGE is focusing on this with a central approach: On one hand, OPTIMAGE provides a framework, which includes functions like database integration, DICOM data sources, multilingual user interface and image processing functionality. On the other hand, the test methods are implemented using modules which are able to process the images automatically for the common imaging systems. The integration of statistics and reporting into this environment is paramount: This is the only way to provide these functions in an interactive, user-friendly way. These features enable the users to discover degradation in performance quickly and document performed measurements easily.
authors.affiliation: CRP Henri Tudor, 29, Av. John F. Kennedy, 1855 Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Andreas.Jahnen@tudor.lu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jahnen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schilz
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shannoun
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schreiner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hermen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moll
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods*; D011786:Quality Control; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012984:Software / Q000592:standards*