Performance Observations of Scanner Qualification of NCI-Designated Cancer Centers: Results From the Centers of Quantitative Imaging Excellence (CQIE) Program

Acad Radiol. 2017 Feb;24(2):232-245. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2016.09.025. Epub 2016 Nov 29.

Abstract

We present an overview of the Centers for Quantitative Imaging Excellence (CQIE) program, which was initiated in 2010 to establish a resource of clinical trial-ready sites within the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Cancer Centers (NCI-CCs) network. The intent was to enable imaging centers in the NCI-CCs network capable of conducting treatment trials with advanced quantitative imaging end points. We describe the motivations for establishing the CQIE, the process used to initiate the network, the methods of site qualification for positron emission tomography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging, and the results of the evaluations over the subsequent 3 years.

Keywords: Scanner qualification; cancer imaging; clinical trials; imaging accreditation; imaging credentialing; phantom imaging.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Cancer Care Facilities / standards
  • Clinical Trials as Topic / standards
  • Equipment Design
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / standards*
  • National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
  • Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms / therapy
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / standards*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / standards*
  • United States