Defining, Evaluating, and Sharing Methodologies for Quality Control in Diagnostic Imaging

Defining, Evaluating, and Sharing Methodologies for Quality Control in Diagnostic Imaging

The purpose of the study is to validate a radiological quality control (QC) system on the performance of diagnostic imaging. Patient images, previously anonymized by each radiologic diagnostic structures (SDR), will be sent to the QC service, which will blindly submit the images for evaluation external peer review by experts in the field. Through the blinded approach, the information obtained from the QC will allow the SDR to know its own performance analytics, but not those of other SDRs using the service, and to a centralized system to have an anonymized estimate of the quality of performance delivered. Finally, the analyzed data will provide not only a mere count, but will allow to reduce and prevent errors in the appropriateness, execution, reporting and diagnostic content of the examinations

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnostic examinations related to imaging modalities (RX, CT, MR, PET, SPECT...), agreed with SDRs, of body districts on which diagnostic images are available in DICOM format, medical history data and clinical question, report

Exclusion Criteria:

• Incompleteness of data for the purpose of the review process