Open-Minds-Lab / mrQA

mrQA: tools for quality assurance in medical imaging datasets, including protocol compliance
https://open-minds-lab.github.io/mrQA/
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Different number of sequences for Subjects across Sessions on different dates #47

Open sinhaharsh opened 1 year ago

sinhaharsh commented 1 year ago

Currently, sessions conducted on different dates have different numbers of MRI sequences acquired for each subject. This inconsistency hinders our ability to reconcile and compare the data effectively, as we need a consistent set of sequences across sessions for accurate analysis.

Note, that the difference in number of sequences might be a part of project requirement. But ensuring consistent number of sequences in each session is important to avoid misinterpretation of protocol compliance reports. If neglected, we may end up comparing protocols for sequences which are not meant to be compatible.

For example, the number of sequences acquired with CO2 inhalation > number of sequences acquired without CO2 inhalation. These differences are important, and we cannot use a blanket algorithm to check for protocol compliance