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Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes November 11, 2008

In Attendance (in person):

• Randy Gollub
• Carolyn Zyloney
• Ron Kikinis
• Stephen Voss
• Bill Hanlon
• Bob Lenkinski
• Clare Tempany
• Annick D. Van den Abbeele

1. Discussion of the Harvard Catalyst Consultation Page

• There was unanimous approval for the Consultation Page
• The Consortium decided that there should be a link to each site's resources page. Each person's name should also link to their web-page. The default web page may be the Harvard White Pages. If Consortium members choose to include a link to their lab page or a personal web-page, it should be kept updated.
• Biostatistics has included a web-based consultation request form on their web-page. If it is successful, the Imaging group will later be able to add this functionality.
• The Imaging Liaison may be in charge of working on the Consultation Page for future updates

2. Physiological Monitoring System

• The goal is to install identical physiological monitoring systems at each site.
  • Harvard and MIT have both requested that the CTSC purchase a physiological monitoring system.
  • Bob Lenkinski from BIDMC and Steven Voss from Children's Hospital have both expressed interest in setting up a physiological monitoring system at their sites as well.
  • Emily Stern is currently updating the imaging resources at BWH and may be installing a new physiological monitoring system as well.
• These physiological monitoring systems are not FDA approved for clinical use and can only be used for research purposes.
• The CTSC Imaging Consortium may also be able to provide ancillary supplies for image acquisition and physiological monitoring at each site.
• The Imaging Group will hire an XNAT engineer to visit each site to set up these physiological monitoring systems and provide in-service trainings to both the users and maintenance personnel.

3. Update from the November 7th CTSA Informatics Subgroup meeting in Chicago

• Bill Hanlon's notes from the meeting are available here