The Protocol Adherence Automation analysis is an in-house analysis implemented in the QMENTA Platform that allows the comparison of the uploaded data of a Subject ID/Session ID to a set of predefined rules. Each of these predefined rules comprise requirements that are applied to imaging metadata parameters such as TE, TR, b-values and Voxel Size, among others. If the rules are written to align with the imaging charter of the study, the Protocol Adherence Automation Analysis will facilitate quick identification of protocol deviations.
The Protocol Adherence Automation analysis makes a cross-comparison of all the uploaded series to all the set of predefined rules. During this iterative process, if it can find any series that adheres to a rule, that rule will be considered to have passed. If no file adheres to a rule, the rule will be considered to have failed. As a result, the overall QC Status of the subject session will be set to PASS when the whole set of predefined rules are passed. Otherwise, it will be set to FAIL. In both cases, the decision on the QC Status (PASS/FAIL) is accompanied with a text with a detailed explanation of why the corresponding QC Status was chosen.
• Example PASS QC Status and message:
• Example FAIL QC Status and message:
A project’s predefined rules are implemented by QMENTA personnel. Please contact support@qmenta.com for support on configuring and applying imaging protocol requirements as rules in your project via the Protocol Adherence Automation analysis. Note that for each QMENTA project, the predefined rules must be individually configured.
The Protocol Adherence Automation analysis can be started in two different ways:
- Automatically: Upon data upload the Protocol Adherence Automation analysis can be configured to start automatically for the uploaded Subject ID/Session ID. See further details in section Automatic Analysis Triggers.
- Manually: After selecting a Subject ID/Session ID you can manually start the Protocol Adherence Automation analysis by clicking “Start Analysis”, selecting “Protocol Adherence” in the dropdown menu of the pop-up window and finally clicking the “Start Analysis” button. See further details on the analyses the QMENTA Platform supports in this article.
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