[Intl_DxMedPhys] Seeking Daily CT and MR QC Automated Software

[Jeff Moirano]

I'd take a look at Atirix too, I've been impressed. They have Nuc Med.

Jeff

On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM Januseski, Daniel via
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> This message was sent securely using Zix® Hi Joe, We use ZapIT daily for
> routine CT QC and all weekly MRI QC. The process is super simple – we have
> preset protocols for the tech to run daily (CT) which include automatic
> forwarding to a
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> Hi Joe,
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> We use ZapIT daily for routine CT QC and all weekly MRI QC.  The process
> is super simple – we have preset protocols for the tech to run daily (CT)
> which include automatic forwarding to a DICOM service which processes and
> then sends to ZapIT.  In about 2 minutes, the tech can open a ZapIT
> session, run the daily water/uniformity test, and the results are populated
> from the analysis program.  There is also full control to open and examine
> the images, with full DICOM headers and ROI/distance measurement tools for
> making manual verifications.  It is platform agnostic (we send both GE and
> Siemens test images), and because in NJ we have to keep the images for 30
> days we have permanent retention in ZapIT.
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> Process is the same for MRI and the analysis covers the whole suite of
> phantom tests, including transmitter gain and CF.
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> This has really been a benefit for our staff in time saving and
> consistency; I actual gave a talk about our experiences with at AAPM 2
> weeks ago and showed how it even exports ACR-format QC logs same as is on
> the ACR website.  And tech support is very fast, friendly and successful.
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> They do not, to my knowledge, have a nuc med solution at this time.  But
> we use almost exclusively GE cameras, and our daily floods are analyzed
> on-camera with quantitative results.  The staff just documents them in
> NMIS, so we don’t have a great need on the nuc side as it is fairly easy
> already (and the logging/reporting of long term QC results for the
> Discover-family scanners is not bad).
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> Dan
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> *Daniel J. Januseski, M.S., DABR*
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> *Director, Department of Diagnostic Imaging Physics*
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> *Radiation Safety Officer*
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> *djanuseski at virtua.org <djanuseski at virtua.org>*
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> *From:* Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list <
> intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list-bounces at lists.osu.edu> *On Behalf Of *Bob
> Kobistek via Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list
> *Sent:* Friday, August 15, 2025 12:36 PM
> *To:* Meier, Joseph <Joseph.Meier at cchmc.org>; DxMedPhys List <
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> *Cc:* Brady, Samuel <Samuel.Brady at cchmc.org>
> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: [Intl_DxMedPhys] Seeking Daily CT and MR QC
> Automated Software
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> Have you looked at Zap-It? Robert J. Kobistek, MS, FACR, DABR, MRSE(MRSC™)
> Medical Physicist RJK Medical Physics, Inc. 440-463-7879 From:
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> Have you looked at Zap-It? Robert J. Kobistek, MS, FACR, DABR, MRSE(MRSC™)
> Medical Physicist RJK Medical Physics, Inc. 440-463-7879 From:
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> Have you looked at Zap-It?
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> Robert J. Kobistek, MS, FACR, DABR, MRSE(MRSC™)
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> Medical Physicist
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> RJK Medical Physics, Inc.
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> 440-463-7879
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> *From:* Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list <
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> Behalf Of *Meier, Joseph via Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list
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> *Cc:* Brady, Samuel <Samuel.Brady at cchmc.org>
> *Subject:* [Intl_DxMedPhys] Seeking Daily CT and MR QC Automated Software
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> Hello list serv, Do you know of any commercial software that does the
> following for Daily/Weekly QC: Automatically processes the: ACR MRI phantom
> Vendor specific CT QC phantoms. GE CT and Canon CT. Daily QC DICOM save
> screens from our GE Gamma
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> Hello list serv,
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> Do you know of any commercial software that does the following for
> Daily/Weekly QC:
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>    1. Automatically processes the:
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>    1. ACR MRI phantom
>       2. Vendor specific CT QC phantoms.  GE CT and Canon CT.
>       3. Daily QC DICOM save screens from our GE Gamma and PET scanners.
>       It would be nice if the program could make direct measurements from the NM
>       daily QC images.
>       4. Can add other phantoms as needed.
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>    2. Allows the technologists to log in, review the phantom scans for
>    artifacts, and the quantitative results.   Afterwards they would indicate
>    that the results have been reviewed or what actions were taken to address
>    any issues. We would want them to be able to ww/wl, pan zoom etc.
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>    3. Configurable email alerts.
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>    4. Plots trends of the Daily QC analysis and perhaps predicts if
>    maintenance will be needed… CT number drift, tranmit gain increases, etc.
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> Samuel Brady has developed Matlab code that processes all of our phantom
> scans on a chron job.  It sends out automated emails when there are issues
> with Daily QC.  This works very well for us, but we want to offload the
> upkeep of this program onto a commercial product.
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> Thanks for your suggestions,
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> -Joe Meier
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> Joseph Meier, PhD
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