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Harvard Catalyst | The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center, Imaging Consortium Workspace

The Harvard CTSC Imaging Consortium would like to thank its gracious host NA-MIC for providing communication tools to facilitate the rapid deployment of expertise in medical imaging acquisition, analysis and visualization to clinical translational investigators.

Mission Statement

Provide expert consultation and guidance to the CTSC participants about available resources in the use of imaging as part of clinical translational research.
Educate about the current state of the art medical imaging and image processing capabilities in the Harvard environment.

Key Personnel and Resources

Sites	Imaging Consortium Role	Medical Image Acquisition, Analysis and Visualization
	Bruce Rosen, Director Randy Gollub, Co-Director Gordon J. Harris, Consultant William Hanlon, Consultant	MGH Imaging Resources
	Robert Lenkinski, Consultant Neil Rofsky, Consultant	BIDMC Imaging Resources
	Clare Tempany, Consultant Ron Kikinis, Consultant Charles Guttmann, Consultant Todd Perlstein, Consultant Gordon Williams, PI for CTSC Translational Technologies	BWH Imaging Resources
	Stephan Voss, Consultant Simon Warfield, Consultant	CHB Imaging Resources
	Annick D. Van den Abbeele,Consultant Jeffrey Yap, Consultant and Director of Education	DFCI Imaging Resources
	Valerie Humblet, Medical Imaging Liaison Yong Gao, Imaging Informatics Architect

Harvard Catalyst Medical Imaging Informatics ARRA Administrative Supplement

On September 24, 2009, Harvard Catalyst was awarded an ARRA administrative supplement to enable clinical imaging data to be used for secondary research purposes.

Upcoming Events

Weekly Teleconference Calls

Tuesday (9:00- 10:00 AM), call: 1-866-890-3820

Lectures and training (registration is open, enroll here, please e-mail for details about the sessions)

Wednesday April 7 (12-1 pm) Countway 403 (3D Slicer Manual Registration)
Friday April 9 (8am-12 pm), Ledge Room (one brigham circle) (neuroimaging)
Wednesday April 28 (12-1 pm) Countway 403 (3D Slicer Interactive Visualization of DICOM images)
Wednesday May 12 (12-1 pm) Countway 403 (3D Slicer Manual Registration)
Friday May 21 (8am-12 pm), Ducan Reid (Imaging in oncology)

Medical Imaging Education and Training

Modality-Based Education Modules

MRI
CT
PET/CT and Nuclear Medicine
Radiation risks and dosimetry (under development)
Ultrasound (under development)
Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers
Image Processing (under development)

Discipline-Based Education Modules

Oncology
Neuroscience (under development)
Cardiology (under development)
Pediatrics (under development)
Surgery (under development)
Interventional Radiology (under development)

Education resources

Publications repository on major imaging topics
Here you can find a list of education resources available at the different participating institutions.

Previous Lectures and Trainings

Wednesday February 24, 2010 (12-1pm), 3D Slicer Medical Image Data Visualization Hands-On Workshop, Countway room 403
Friday February 19, 2010 (10-11am), Benefits and Risks of Cancer Imaging, Dana 1620, Jeffrey Yap
Tuesday December 1, 2009 Quantitative Medical Imaging for Clinical Research and Practice RSNA 2009 meeting (11/29-12/04/09), Chicago, IL. Workshop in collaboration with Johns Hopkins.
Monday November 30, 2009 3D Interactive Visualization of DICOM Images with Slicer, RSNA 2009 meeting (11/29-12/04/09), Chicago, IL
Monday November 23, 2009 3D Slicer Medical Image Data Visualization Hands-On Workshop, Countway room 403, 12-1pm
Tuesday November 10, 2009 Radiology Grand Rounds, Children's Hospital. Jeffrey Yap
Thursday November 5, 2009 Medical Imaging 101, Introduction to Clinical Investigation, Harvard Medical School. Randy Gollub and the Imaging Consortium
Wednesday September 30, 2009 Quantitative imaging workshop ACRIN fall meeting, Arlington, VA. Randy Gollub, Jeffrey Yap, Kasia Macura (Johns Hopkins University).
Monday July 20, 2009 3D Slicer 3.2 Hands-On Workshop, BWH Statistics and Research Lecture Series (Radiology residency program)
Wednesday July 16, 2009. Functional Imaging in Oncology Clinical Trials. 2009 AACR Cancer Biostatistics Workshop, Sonoma, CA. Jeffrey Yap.
Wednesday June 3, 2009 Training on MRI compatible physiological monitoring system and Labchart Software. CHB
Thursday May 21, 2009. Image Analysis and Imaging Biomarkers in Oncology. Annual Dinner Workshop of the Biostatistics Program of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Boston, MA. Jeffrey Yap, Armin Schwartzman, Andrew Kung.
Thursday May 14, 2009 3D Slicer 3.2 Hands-On Workshop, MGH CMA Thursday May 14, 2009. This training has been canceled.
Tuesday and Wednesday March 4-5, 2009 Training on MRI compatible physiological monitoring system and Labchart Software. MIT, BWH, BIDMC, MGH

Past Events

2010 t-con

2009

2008

t-con and meetings 2008

JIRA system

Here is a link to the user guide, screenshots and the website

MRI Compatible Physiological Monitoring System

Here you can find Information for users about the specifications of the monitoring system. There are also informations about the LabChart software.

Planning our Harvard-wide Medical Imaging Acquisition, Analysis, Visualization and Sharing

Use Cases and Development of Goals

External imaging core collaborative efforts

Additional Resources

Biomedical Informatics Research Network BIRN	BIRN Imaging Resources	BIRN Training Resources
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing NA-MIC	NA-MIC Resources	NA-MIC Training Resources
Neuroimage Analysis Center NAC	Resources	Training Resources

Collaboration:Harvard CTSC