2013 Project Week:InvestigatingRoleOfOpenSourceInTranslationalResearch

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Key Investigators

• Miki Kumekawa, Chiba University

Project Description

Objective

• Objective
  • The goal of this project week is to identify the role of open source in translational research.
    • 1 Investigating process of TR
    • 2 Investigating feature of open source (technical & social)

Approach, Plan

• Approach
  • Method : Interview with 5 researchers of Slicer/software or medical device (15-30min)
  • Items : Background / Process of TR / About Open Source
  • Analysis1: structural analysis
    • 1-1 transcript data
    • 1-2 coding
    • 1-3 categolizing
  • Analysis2: contextual analysis
    • 2-1 transcript data
    • 2-2 coding
    • 2-3 categolizing(tool/human/action/conversation)

Progress

• Elements (hypothesis)
  • users needs
  • technical seeds

• Process of Translational Research

Type of Problem: Patients' Crisis User's Needs/Technical problem

• Role of Open Source in Translational Research
  • Extracting the user's needs directly
  • Technical Development by users
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