Prior Work
dicomqc should improve on existing DICOM metadata QC efforts rather than overlap with them. Related projects identified during initial repository discovery include:
| Project | Focus | Relationship to dicomqc |
|---|---|---|
SPMIC-UoN/xnat-dicomqc | XNAT container script for simple configurable tag-based QC on scan DICOMs. | dicomqc should remain usable outside XNAT and provide a typed Python API, reproducible reports, and future policy/profile extensibility. |
IUSCA/SQAN | Scalable Quality Assurance for Neuroimaging: DICOM metadata ETL, logging, and web portal-based QC verification. | dicomqc should stay lightweight and pipeline-friendly while focusing on de-identification validation and research-release audit evidence. |
Positioning
dicomqc is not intended to be a replacement for site QC platforms, XNAT-based workflows, anonymizers, or BIDS validators. Its core value should be an independent, backend-neutral audit layer that can answer:
- whether a declared DICOM metadata release policy passed
- which tags created release risk
- what evidence can be archived without exposing raw PHI
- which standards-aware profiles or institutional policies were applied
This page should be updated as more related tools are identified.