System and method for tracking medical imaging quality

A method implemented by a computer system for monitoring medical imaging quality standards, the method comprising:

• completing a plurality of worksheet data files, which are selected by a user from a preprogrammed set of worksheet data files templates corresponding to distinct types of quality control tests, with quality control data obtained by running a plurality of quality control tests on one or more medical imaging devices, 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 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;
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• wherein the completing of each worksheet data file comprises automatically generating a worksheet data file corresponding to a quality control test run on a medical imaging device;
• wherein the worksheet data file is configured with preselected data fields defining at least test metrics based upon the specific medical imaging device type, the date the quality control test was run, an identifier for the medical imaging device, and the identity of the quality control test, and automatically populating values in at least some of the preselected data fields and
• wherein the generating the worksheet comprises displaying on a screen a graphical representation of the worksheet data file corresponding to the selected template and corresponding test as well as an input button that can be actuated to confirm completion of the worksheet data file within the database and corresponding storage of the completed worksheet and;
• maintaining a database comprising a plurality of completed worksheet data files;
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• generating a report of information collected in at least some of the plurality of worksheet data files contained in the database.