Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine

ANZSNM Software Validation Program

The ANZSNM Software Validation Programme is a voluntary programme wherein Nuclear Medicine Practices are invited to test their data processing tools and skills against a national consensus. It is based on a strikingly similar exercise conducted in the United Kingdom by the IPEM over the past few years [refs].
A number of the IPEM data sets have been made available to the ANZSNM for the purposes of conducting this exercise. These may be downloaded using the links provided below. Each data set includes a collection of images and a form for recording results.
The data sets may be used for:
Internal training (eg of new staff)
Testing of existing software and new software releases
Participation in national and international audit and self-assessment programmes
While not all studies will have "gold standard" clinical results to compare against, the IPEM assessment process has produced a consensus result for each study by pooling results from many sites and systems.
Practices that wish to participate in our own national self-assessment programme should complete one or more feedback forms for each data set and return it to the Software Validation Coordinator. These forms will be anonymised and the data pooled to establish both a national consensus and provide a basis of comparison with IPEM results. More detailed information is provided with each of the downloaded data sets.
Correspondance, including completed feedback forms, should be directed to:
Software Validation Coordinator
c/o ANZSNM Physics SIG
PO Box 7108, Upper Ferntree Gully
VICTORIA 3156, Australia
Technical enquiries concerning the programme may be directed to:
Dr. Dale Bailey
Principal Physicist
Dept. Nuclear Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital
D.Bailey@fhs.usyd.edu.au

The ANZSNM Software Validation Programme is a voluntary programme wherein Nuclear Medicine Practices are invited to test their data processing tools and skills against a national consensus. It is based on a strikingly similar exercise conducted in the United Kingdom by the IPEM over the past few years [refs].

A number of the IPEM data sets have been made available to the ANZSNM for the purposes of conducting this exercise. These may be downloaded using the links provided below. Each data set includes a collection of images and a form for recording results.

The data sets may be used for:

  • Internal training (eg of new staff)
  • Testing of existing software and new software releases
  • Participation in national and international audit and self-assessment programmes

While not all studies will have "gold standard" clinical results to compare against, the IPEM assessment process has produced a consensus result for each study by pooling results from many sites and systems.

Practices that wish to participate in our own national self-assessment programme should complete one or more feedback forms for each data set and return it to the Software Validation Coordinator. These forms will be anonymised and the data pooled to establish both a national consensus and provide a basis of comparison with IPEM results. More detailed information is provided with each of the downloaded data sets.

Correspondence, including completed feedback forms, should be directed to:

Software Validation Coordinator
c/o ANZSNM Physics SIG
PO Box 202 Parkville VICTORIA 3052, Australia

Technical enquiries concerning the programme may be directed to:

Dr. Dale Bailey
Principal Physicist
Dept. Nuclear Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital
dale.bailey@sydney.edu.au

   

IPEM Datasets

Available through the Software Quality Assurance application.

Renal Static (DMSA)

  •     Interfile
  •     GE Genie (DICOM)
  •     Siemens eSoft (DICOM)
  •     Philips Odyssey
  •     Mirage
  •     feedback form (PDF)

SPECT Reconstruction

  •     Interfile
  •     GE Genie (DICOM)
  •     Siemens eSoft (DICOM)
  •     Philips Odyssey
  •     Mirage
  •     feedback form (PDF)

Relative Lung Perfusion

  •     Interfile
  •     GE Genie (DICOM)
  •     Siemens eSoft (DICOM)
  •     Philips Odyssey
  •     Mirage
  •     feedback form (PDF)

Gated Blood Pool Scan (MUGA)

  •     Interfile
  •     GE Genie (DICOM)
  •     Siemens eSoft (DICOM)
  •     Philips Odyssey
  •     Mirage
  •     feedback form (PDF)

Renal Dynamic (DTPA)

  •     Interfile
  •     GE Genie (DICOM)
  •     Siemens eSoft (DICOM)
  •     Philips Odyssey
  •     Mirage
  •     feedback form (PDF)
   

Other Software Validation Resources

   

 References

  • Fleming JS, Cosgriff PS, Houston AS, Jarritt PH, Skrypniuk JV and Whalley DR. "UK audit of relative renal function measurement using DMSA scintigraphy", Nucl Med Commun 1998; 19(10):989-997
  • Skrypnuik J, Bailey DL, Cosgriff PS, Fleming J, Houston A, Jarritt P and Whalley D. "Results of the IPEM/BNMS MUGA Audit 2000", Nucl Med Commun 2001; 22:442-443 (abstract)
  • Jarritt PH, Whalley DR, Skrypniuk JV, Houston AS, Fleming JS, and Cosgriff PS. "UK Audit of single photon emission computed tomography reconstruction software using software generated phantoms", Nucl Med Commun 2002; 23(5):483-491
  • Houston AS, Whalley DR, Skrypniuk JV, Jarritt PH, Fleming JS, and Cosgriff PS. "UK audit and analysis of quantitative parameters obtained from gamma camera renography", Nucl Med Commun 2001; 22(6):559-566.
  • Fleming JS, Whalley D, Skrypniuk J, Jarritt PH, Houston AS, Cosgriff PS, and Bailey DL. "UK audit of relative lung function measurement from planar radionuclide imaging", Nucl Med Commun 2003; 24(5): 467 (abstract)
  • Cosgriff PS, Fleming J, Houston AS, Skrypniuk J, Whalley D, and Bailey DL. "UK audit of GFR measurement", Nucl Med Common 2002; 23: 286 (abstract)




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