NBIA role required to use this feature: NCIA.MANAGE_VISIBILITY_STATUS
For more information about roles, see Creating a New NBIA User.
When an image is uploaded to NBIA, it is not made public immediately. A curator takes it through a quality control process to ensure that no private patient data is available, the image is of good quality, and so forth. Using the QC tool as a curator, you can define search criteria to locate image series for you to evaluate. You can then evaluate the submission and assign the QC status to an image or image series.
The QC tool allows a curator to search "non-visible" or "not reviewed" images, whereas a regular user using the search tool can only see approved public images. |
Topics in this section:
Classic SearchTo perform a classic search Click Admin > Perform QC. This opens the QC Tool page to the Classic tab, shown below. You can specify basic search criteria on this tab. You can construct more specific search criteria on the Dynamic tab.
Do not click your browser's Back or Refresh button while following these steps. This logs you out. |
Check the QC Status for the series you want to locate. The options are described in the following table: Submitted Object Status | Description |
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Not Visible | No images in the series are visible. | Not Yet Reviewed | This status (selected by default) is automatically assigned to an image upon submission to the NBIA database. | First Review to Seventh | A configurable user-defined stage in the workflow of an image series. | To Be Deleted | Selected image series are to be deleted from the system. | Visible | All images in the series are visible. | Downloadable | Test the visibility of images in the series. This allows for downloading when set. It also separates the test cases from released cases. |
In the Collection(s) field, select one collection (site) that you want to search. You cannot search multiple collections (sites) at one time. - In the Batch Number field, select the batch number of the images/series for which you want to search. You can also select Any, to find all batches that have a batch number, or None, to find all batches that do not have a batch number.
- In the Confirmed as COMPLETE field, select Yes to search for a set of images/series that has been confirmed as complete, or No to search for a set of images/series that is ongoing.
In the Released field, select Yes to search for images/series that have been released or No to search for images/series that have not been released. To restrict results to a list of patient IDs, in the Patient ID panel, enter the list of patient IDs and select Add Criteria to perform the search. Separate multiple patient IDs with commas.
In the From and To boxes, enter the most recent series submission date range by selecting a date in the calendar or by using the format mm/dd/yyyy. - Click Submit. NBIA searches for image series that match the criteria you define.
See also Understanding QC Tool Search Results. Dynamic SearchTo perform a dynamic search Click Admin > Perform QC. Select the Dynamic tab, shown in the following figure. The Dynamic tab allows you to construct specific search criteria. Do not use the back button nor the refresh button in these steps, either of which will return the page back to the previous page. |
Check the QC Status for the series you want to locate. The status options are described in the following table. QC Status | Description |
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Not Visible | No images in the series are visible. | Not Yet Reviewed | This status (selected by default) is automatically assigned to an image upon submission to the NBIA database. | First Review to Seventh | A configurable user-defined stage in the workflow of an image series. | To Be Deleted | Selected image series are to be deleted from the system. | Visible | All images in the series are visible. | Downloadable | Test the visibility of images in the series. This allows for downloading when set. It also separates the test cases from released cases. |
- In the Batch Number field, select the batch number of the images/series for which you want to search. You can also select Any, to find all batches that have a batch number, or None, to find all batches that do not have a batch number.
- In the Confirmed as COMPLETE field, select Yes to search for a set of images/series that has been confirmed as complete, or No to search for a set of images/series that is ongoing.
- In the Released field, select Yes to search for images/series that have been released or No to search for images/series that have not been released.
- In the From and To boxes, enter the most recent submission date range by selecting a date in the calendar or by using the format mm/dd/yyyy.
- For each criterion you select, click the green (+) symbol. This confirms the selection and displays the criterion above the first Submit button.
- To select more criteria, do so in the Construct Criteria section. Options under the drop-down arrows change according to the group you select. You can also specify the Boolean
AND or OR to express relationships among criteria. - Click Submit. NBIA searches for image series that match the criteria you define.
See also Understanding QC Tool Search Results. Understanding QC Tool Search ResultsGenerating a QC Status History Report |