TechnegasParticleAndDeliveryQualityChecker

Technegas Particle and Delivery Quality Checker

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Technegas Particle and Delivery Quality Checker

Technegas Particle and Delivery Quality Checker

ℹ️  Utility performs:
    • Check of generation temperature, aerodynamic particle size, delivery time, inhalation count and oropharyngeal contamination.
    • input.csv structure and numeric-value validation
    • LabWare-compatible output.json generation
    • Deterministic PASS / FAIL / ERROR status

⚠️  CRITICAL: Any nonconformity shall be reviewed by qualified personnel before the result is used in an operational workflow.

Usage:
  TechnegasParticleAndDeliveryQualityChecker.exe                            → demonstration mode (console output)
  TechnegasParticleAndDeliveryQualityChecker.exe input.csv output.json      → evaluate user data

Input format:
BatchNumber,GenerationTemperatureC,MedianParticleSizeNm,DeliveryDelayMin,InhalationCount,LungCounts,MouthCounts,OxygenContaminationPercent

Example:
  TECH-001,2500,50,2,4,900000,20000,0.5

— WHY IS THIS NEEDED?
Check of generation temperature, aerodynamic particle size, delivery time, inhalation count and oropharyngeal contamination.
The utility belongs to “RPH Pulmonary Ventilation and Perfusion QC Suite” and can be used as a standalone check or as part of a wider nuclear-medicine workflow.

⚠️  CRITICAL:
• GenerationTemperature: >=2300
• ParticleSize: 20-200
• DeliveryDelay: <=10
• InhalationCount: 1-10
• LungCounts: >=200000
• MouthContamination: <=15
• OxygenContamination: <=5

Key features:
• One .NET 6 executable and one Program.cs
• Complete input.csv example with passing, boundary and failing records
• LabWare-compatible JSON: Header, Samples, Results, Status, StatusCode, ErrorMessage, Description and DescriptionEN
• CultureInfo.InvariantCulture for numeric values
• Explicit result for every parameter and empty ErrorMessage for PASS

Critical parameters:
• GenerationTemperature: >=2300
• ParticleSize: 20-200
• DeliveryDelay: <=10
• InhalationCount: 1-10
• LungCounts: >=200000
• MouthContamination: <=15
• OxygenContamination: <=5

💡 Usage tips:
1. Before operational use, reconcile limits with the approved specification, product information, local SOP and equipment configuration.
2. Retain the source input.csv together with output.json and the executable version.
3. For clinical calculations, use only verified source data and an approved protocol profile.
4. FAIL requires review and is not an automatic medical decision.
5. Limit changes require change control and renewed verification.

⚠️ Note: The utility implements a deterministic CSV-to-LabWare-compatible-JSON workflow and does not replace an approved method, specification, SOP or medical judgement.

The reference limits in this version are a conservative FUZKK project starting profile. They shall be confirmed by the process owner before OQ/PQ and production use.

input.csv

BatchNumber,GenerationTemperatureC,MedianParticleSizeNm,DeliveryDelayMin,InhalationCount,LungCounts,MouthCounts,OxygenContaminationPercent
TECH-001,2500,50,2,4,900000,20000,0.5
TECH-002,2400,100,8,8,400000,100000,2
TECH-003,1500,500,30,20,80000,300000,10

URS & FS — user requirements and functional specification

URS — User Requirements Specification

  • The utility shall run without arguments in demonstration mode and with two arguments: input.csv output.json.
  • Mandatory CSV header: BatchNumber,GenerationTemperatureC,MedianParticleSizeNm,DeliveryDelayMin,InhalationCount,LungCounts,MouthCounts,OxygenContaminationPercent.
  • Numeric values shall be parsed with CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.
  • Each row shall create a separate Samples object in LabWare-compatible JSON.
  • Status shall be PASS, FAIL or ERROR; ErrorMessage shall be empty for PASS.
  • The utility shall apply workflow-specific rules and return a result for every parameter.
  • Repeated execution with the same data and version shall produce an identical result.
  • An invalid header, column count or value type shall produce ERROR, never PASS.

Complete input.csv example

BatchNumber,GenerationTemperatureC,MedianParticleSizeNm,DeliveryDelayMin,InhalationCount,LungCounts,MouthCounts,OxygenContaminationPercent
TECH-001,2500,50,2,4,900000,20000,0.5
TECH-002,2400,100,8,8,400000,100000,2
TECH-003,1500,500,30,20,80000,300000,10

FS — Functional Specification

  1. Main() selects demonstration or file mode.
  2. LoadData() validates the exact header and converts each row into Record.
  3. Evaluate() returns a named tuple containing batch number, product, parameters, overall result and RU/EN recommendations.
  4. AddCheck() creates Results items with measured value, unit, limit and IsWithinSpec.
  5. RunWithFiles() builds Header/Samples and serializes the result with Newtonsoft.Json.
  6. A global exception becomes a SampleResult with ERROR status and code -1.

Implemented rules

  • GenerationTemperature: >=2300
  • ParticleSize: 20-200
  • DeliveryDelay: <=10
  • InhalationCount: 1-10
  • LungCounts: >=200000
  • MouthContamination: <=15
  • OxygenContamination: <=5

Complete input.csv example

BatchNumber,GenerationTemperatureC,MedianParticleSizeNm,DeliveryDelayMin,InhalationCount,LungCounts,MouthCounts,OxygenContaminationPercent
TECH-001,2500,50,2,4,900000,20000,0.5
TECH-002,2400,100,8,8,400000,100000,2
TECH-003,1500,500,30,20,80000,300000,10

Minimum OQ scenarios

  • PASS for the first row.
  • Boundary-record processing for the second row.
  • FAIL for the third row.
  • ERROR for an altered header.
  • ERROR for a non-numeric value.
  • Identical JSON result on repeated execution.

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