Clinical trial processor (CTP)

DATE: 11-11-2024 STATUS: FOR REVIEW

 

A clinical trial processor is a software component, often implemented locally as a daemon (background process), that is specifically designed to manage, analyze, and process various aspects of clinical trials.

The CTP is a DICOM router that can receive and forward DICOM files based on the metadata in the DICOM header and port numbers. The CTP can also modify metadata in the DICOM header based on a translation table, such as a key list.

The CTP is located between the source data (raw or already standardized) and the research data that serves as the source for a study.

Open

Datacontext CTP

The CTP can perform the following functions:

• Routing DICOM files: a CTP can move DICOM files to specific locations based on configurable rules.

• Adjusting DICOM header data: the data in the DICOM header can be adjusted, for example by

  • Anonymizing: the data in the DICOM header can be anonymized

  • Pseudonymizing: the data in the DICOM header can be pseudonymized (whether or not according to a predefined key list)

    • If a subjectID is not in the key list, or in the event of another error, the images can be routed to another location, for example a quarantine location. The key can then still be added, and the images can then be resubmitted to the pseudo-processor.

• QA/curation: for example for the purpose of standardizing data or filtering certain types of data

See also

MIRC CTP - MircWiki (rsna.org)