Patent ID: 8478610

Claim:
A computing device comprising: a processor; and accessible storage having instructions thereon for managing quality control testing for one or more medical imaging devices, wherein the processor is interfaced with a display device and wherein the instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to execute a process comprising: evaluating stored quality control test plan data for each of the one or more medical imaging devices being managed with respect to quality control on an evaluation date; wherein the one or more medical imaging devices comprises a mammography imaging device, an FFDM imaging device, an MRI imaging device, an X-ray imaging device, or an ultrasound imaging device; wherein the quality control test plan data comprises information specifying the one or more medical imaging devices, information specifying a plurality of distinct types of quality control tests to be performed on the one or more medical imaging devices, an independent schedule for performing each of the plurality of distinct types of quality control tests and a record of the past performance of the corresponding tests; wherein a quality control test relates to whether a medical imaging device is functioning correctly and comprises a signal-to-noise quality control test, a contrast-to-noise quality control test, an artifact evaluation quality control test, a detector flat-field calibration quality control test, a phantom image quality control test, a softcopy workstation quality control test or a softcopy workstation quality level quality control test; and wherein the evaluating comprises determining from the quality control test plan data which of the one or more medical imaging devices have one or more quality control tests to be performed on the evaluation date or are past due; and displaying on the display device a graphical user interface showing information, based on the evaluating of the quality control test plan data, indicating quality control tests scheduled on the evaluation date, status of each scheduled test and identification of a medical imaging device associated with each scheduled quality control test, and a user input field visually associated with each of the displayed quality control tests, the user input field configured to receive input indicating completion of the quality control test, wherein the input of the completion of a scheduled test results in the updating of the quality control test plan data.