Release Notes

AutoQA Plus

1.8.13.4 (21 December 2025)

Updates


  • Fixed a bug that incorrectly applied an offset to the phantom center (affecting orientation and slice selection) whenever a shift was detected between the data collection center and reconstruction target center. The offset is now applied only to targeted images (FOV < phantom diameter).

  • Added CNR measurement outputs to both Excel and JSON export files.

1.8.13.3 (21 October 2025)

Updates

  • Updated the CTP404 module reference image (Catphan 504 and 600) with a color-shaded illustration.
  • Adjusted the CTP404 plug position parameters used in the Catphan 504 orientation detection routine.

1.8.13.2 (15 October 2025)

Updates

  • Improved application shutdown stability on Windows 10 LTSC devices.
  • Added a feature to the Report Profile Editor that allows output of the Combined Results Table only (no individual processed results) for the QRM Multi-Energy phantom.
  • Fixed an issue where the QRM Multi-Energy ROI image was not exported into the custom Excel report export.
  • Updated the CTP404 module reference image for the Catphan 503, 504, and 600 phantoms to a non-color-coded image.

1.8.13.1 (3 September 2025)

Updates

  • Debugged crash from modifying W/L values in the image selection UI for the QRM Multi-Energy QA phantom

1.8.13.0 (14 July 2025)

Upgrades

  • QRM ME Phantom
    • Added a user interface with controls for phantom rotation and phantom center correction
    • Insert ROI’s overlay displayed

1.8.10.0 (29 October 2024)

Upgrades

  • QRM’s Multi-Energy QA Phantom now included in our array of phantoms supported.

1.8.9.0 (17 July 2024)

Updates

  • Corrected the orientation of reference images for the CTP528 (MTF) and CTP515 (low contrast) modules for the Catphan 500/500Legacy
  • Enabled CNR measurement for CTP515 (low contrast) module for Catphan500
  • Added DICOM tags for CTDIvol, Image Comment, and Image Type to the ‘Select Series’ screen scan parameters
  • Added DICOM tags for CTDIvol and Image Comment to ‘Series Information’ section of the report header
  • ‘Merge Studies’ button added to ‘Select a Phantom Study’ screen to process separate scans from the same scan session simultaneously

Upgrades (maintenance)

  • New feature – Excel Report Builder – store selected data fields from the HTML into users Excel reports

1.8.8.0 (21 Feb 2024)

Updates

  • Added Catphan 600 phantom orientations 8 and 13 to support medPhoton and Medtronic CBCT devices.
  • Corrected an error for the scan mode field in the Series screen and report header when processing Canon CT images.  The DICOM tag (0018,0022) Scan options is used for the Mode field.

Upgrades (maintenance)

  • Added processing support for the Gammex RMI 467 electron density phantom.

1.8.7.0 (2 Oct 2023)

Updates

  • Thumbnail images not displayed in reports when Philips CT device serial number DICOM tag included a leading ‘#’ character
  • Catphan 500 patient orientation FFS now supported (orientation 3)
  • HTML/PDFReport filenames adjusted to not exceed 255 characters
  • Slice thickness measurements using a wire increased the number of smoothing cycles for images with a baseline noise >20HU
  • SSP baseline sampling changed to use module mean sample
  • Enhanced MRI DICOM images now supported
  • Added ‘Patient Position’ field to reports series information
  • Changed ‘Orientation’ field in verification section of the reports to ‘Phantom Orientation’

1.8.6.0 (26 April 2023)

Updates

  • ACR CT phantom Localizer/Table incrementation test will show a warning icon when the slice thickness is >2mm. Prior release pass/fail reported this as a failure.
  • Catphan410 and 411 Slice 3 (low contrast) now reported as module CTP263, prior releases this module was reported as CTP468.
  • Catphan410, 411 and 414 CTP445 module MTF bead size changed from 0.25mm to 0.28mm
  • Catphan549 MTF module label changed from CT528 to CTP445, and the bead diameter has been changed from 0.25mm to 0.28mm
  • Catphan500(legacy) phantom selection icon – added label ‘CTP528 1 MTF bead’. With this information the user will know if they have a legacy version or current Catphan500 model.
  • CTP528 Module added search for two bead locations for batch mode processing
  • CTP528 manual resolution gauge results are now reported in the HTML file for batch mode processing.
  • Catphan605’s CTP682 module changed MTF wire diameter from 0.5mm to 0.05mm and switched MTF bead size labels between 0.18mm and 0.28mm.
  • Catphan700 MTF bead size corrected for phantom orientation 9
  • Catphan700 reference image for image 1 and image 3 locations corrected to match phantom orientation.
  • DICOM(SCP) will display an error event in the task tray icon when the AE title is not correct.
  • 3D NPS plot Y-axis label changed from freq. (HU^2mm^3) to NPS (HU^2mm^3).
  • MTF analysis which does not report a 50% and 10% and 2% (all 3) measurement would generate a green Pass/Fail. This has been corrected to indicate this as a failure.
  • Added Pass/Fail notification in the table of contents (HTML) for CTP591 slice thickness measurement
  • Centered the radial array of ROI’s used in the NPS analysis at the center of the phantom image and not the matrix center (255,255)
  • MR ACR phantom low contrast auto detection was not working with some non-English number formatting. This has been corrected.
  • Notification to the user about the availability of a new version of AutoQA Plus for download. Included are details about the new version and a URL link to download software.
  • Maintenance expiration notification message provided in the task bar.  Message is stopped after the message is clicked once.
  • Manual MTF bead/wire selection UI screen has a new button that automatically finds the location of the highest pixel value in the image.
  • Information added to the phantom orientation output section to indicate the phantom position, the distance the phantom is shifted left or right and above and below the center.
  • Export/Import support that allows a user to exchange results between other users or to upload reports to a central user database

Upgrades (maintenance)

  • Users can access trend analysis in the Report Archive screen.  All trends are now available on one display screen with tab selection for individual trends.

1.8.5.0. (17January2023)

Upgrades (maintenance)

  • Noise Power Spectrum (NPS) processing (2D and 3D)
  • New tab added to the Application Settings ‘Automations’ which generates an Excel file for each instance of processing to be stored in a folder defined by user on this Automations tab screen

Updates

  • Images now included with HTML/PDF report for the C-D detectability measurement using module CTP468 or CTP263 for the Catphan410 phantom
  • Optimized geometric distortion measurement threshold sampling for both image 1 and image 5 of the ACR MR phantom
  • Table of contents included in the HTML report
  • DICOM tags for Image Description, Series No., Acquisition No. and Instance No. added to all graphs and charts

1.8.4.0 (5August2022)

Updates

  • TE DICOM tag (0018,0081) parsing added when Echo Number(s) DICOM tag (0018,0086) is not found
  • MR Report profiles updates with on/off controls for low contrast and high contrast manual selection screens

1.8.3.0 (2August2022)

Updates

  • Corrected Dutch regional settings/number formatting issues
  • Corrected display scaling issues for CT and MR report profiles tabs

1.8.2.0 (30June2022)

Updates

  • Support added for reading long file names
  • Folders with more than 5000 image files will no longer be sorted. Message displayed 5000 + more files found. User should change folder selected and select a subfolder or groups of subfolders. Restricting the number of files sorted avoiding crashing the application.
  • MTF report profile using a ‘0%’ cutoff value which turns off a cutoff MTF measurement will not report a measurement.
  • CTP504 and 604 default report profiled for the manual low contrast will output the CTP515 and CTP730 module image and adds the CNR measurement as a pass/fail test
  • ACR CT phantom analysis supports patient orientation FFS (orientation 13)

1.8.2.0 (27April2022)

Updates

  • Export Multiple report profiles at the same time
  • ACR CT phantom added to the list of phantoms supported
  • The Series Select display grid now includes a thumbnail image for each image series displayed
  • User can select multiple image folders at the same time at the DICOM folder selection screen
  • MTF processing not supported when pixel size is <0.096mm (FOV<=50 and 512 matrix)
  • CTP591 0.25mm bead ramp processing search area extended, and search threshold modified for image data with pixel size <0.2mm
  • QA/Batch mode processing without a slice thickness image, the first image bin is skipped automatically, image placement starts at the second module bin
  • Report Profile update now allows adding MTF filters with a new button ‘Save as New’. This allows user to edit existing MTF filter settings and save as new

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