2014 How about the Future

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The Scoop Project week will continue. 3D Slicer 4 will continue. Introduction This page contains talking points for the opening session of the NA-MIC AHM 2014 (the last one).

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What we have accomplished

• Created an outstanding scientific and engineering community in the field of Medical Image Computing (MIC).
• Investigated novel algorithmic approaches: Particle systems, registration algorithms, segmentation algorithms,
• Created the NA-MIC kit, a free open source platform for MIC and the basis for 3D Slicer.
• 3D Slicer is today a platform with worldwide impact.

Highlights

• Robust algorithms for segmentation in the face of anatomical variability: label fusion
• A novel framework for modeling brain connectivity networks
• Robust pipeline for processing clinical brain images
• Automatic 4D segmentation of longitudinal brain MRI in severe TBI
• NAMIC researchers take lead in spatio-temporal image and shape analysis (Whitaker, Styner, Gerig, Tannenbaum and colleagues)

Where we go from here

• Project week will continue.
• 3D Slicer 4 will continue.
• The remaining months of NA-MIC funding will be used to simplify the submission of extensions.
• Funding:
  • NIH mandated sunset for NA-MIC in June 2014.
  • NAC funded through 2018. Ron Kikinis
  • QIICR funded through 2018. Ron Kikinis, Andrey Fedorov
  • "An Open Source Software for Proton Treatment Planning," NCI/Federal Share Grant C06-CA059267 funded through Dec 2014, Greg Sharp
  • "4D Shape Analysis for Modeling Spatiotemporal Change Trajectories in Huntington's" (NINDS, 07/01/12- 06/30/15) PIs Guido Gerig & Tom Fletcher, co-investigators Hans Johnson and Jane Paulsen
  • Several other grants are being worked on
• Packages
  • "MABS," an end-user software for multi-atlas segmentation, Greg Sharp