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NA-MIC National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org Training Core Update Sonia Pujol, PhD Randy Gollub, MD, PhD Harvard Medical School
NA-MICNational Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
Training Core Update
Sonia Pujol, PhDRandy Gollub, MD, PhDHarvard Medical School
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
Radiologists
• NA-MIC Workshop for Radiology residents,
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
• Hands-on training on 3D
visualization of the Anatomy
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
Radiologists
• Task-oriented course on the liver segments
RSNA 2009, Chicago, IL
• Course rated as ‘excellent’ with a score of 4.13/5.00 on the RSNA evaluation form
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
Neurosurgeons
A. Golby, N. Hata, H. Liu A. Golby, N. Hata, H. Liu
•Hands-on training workshop in Image-Guided Therapy for neurosurgeons
•IBMISPS 2009 conference, Boston, MA
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
Orthopedic Surgeons
• 3D Visualization Workshop and IGT applications for Orthopedic Surgery
• CAOS 2009 conference, Boston MA
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
Neuroscientists
• One-day Workshop on DTI Analysis
• Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience,
SFN 2009
Chicago IL
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
Autism Researchers
• Presentation at the International Society for Autism Research
““Use of the Slicer3 toolkit to Use of the Slicer3 toolkit to produce regional cortical produce regional cortical thickness measurements of thickness measurements of pediatric MRI data “ pediatric MRI data “
Heather Cody et al., IMFAR 2009Heather Cody et al., IMFAR 2009
H.Cody
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
NA-MIC Outreach activities at international conferences
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
Integration with CTSAs
• New partnership with the NIH NCRR funded Clinical Translational Science Awards national Imaging Working Group
• Greatly expand the end-user community exposure to the NA-MIC kit
• Provides critical clinically relevant driving forces for new developments
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
Radiologists
• Joint workshop on Quantitative Medical Imaging for Clinical Research and Practice
• Course rated as ‘excellent’ with a score of 4.26/5.00 on the RSNA evaluation form
• More than 100 attendees
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
New PET/CT Fusion Module
PET/Fusion Programming
&Tutorial:
Wendy Plesniak, Ph.D.
Special Thanks to Kathryn Hayes
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
Harvard Catalyst (CTSC)
• Jointly sponsored 1 hour hands-on workshops delivered on a regular basis.
• 3D hands-on Visualization Training at Harvard Medical School
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
Tutorial Contests
• Winter Project Week 2009, Salt Lake City
• Summer Project Week 2009, Boston
• Winter Project Week, 2010, Salt Lake City
17 new additions of tutorials and training datasets to the NA-MIC Compendium
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
NA-MIC Portfolio
NA-MIC Training Compendium &
Workshops
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
NA-MIC Compendium
1595 tutorial slides on 22 different
topics in medical image analysis
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
NA-MIC outreach activities
2005-2009:
More than 900 scientists and clinical researchers
trained by NA-MIC
NA-MICNational Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
DTI Validation Update
Sonia Pujol, Ph.D.Harvard Medical School
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
DTI Validation Effort
• Challenge: Performance evaluation of DT-MRI tractography in the absence of ground truth
• 8 NA-MIC tractography algorithms involved
Courtesy of J De Siebenthal, CF Westin, PNL-LMI
Courtesy of A. Areza, CF Westin,
BWH-LMI
Courtesy of T.Fletcher & R. Whitaker, SCI Utah
Courtesy of A. Tannenbaum,Georgia Tech.
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
Type I Tractography error
Optic radiation
Courtesy of Dr. JJ Lemaire
Optic tract
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
Type II Tractography error
Optic chiasm
Courtesy of Dr. JJ Lemaire
Optic tract
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
Implementation
GTRACTIowa
University
StreamlineBWH, Harvard
Volumetric ConnectivitySCI, Utah
Fiber Tracking SCI, Utah
3D Slicer
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
STAPLE Analysis applied to DTI
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
ISMRM 2009 Conference
Preliminary results on the use of STAPLE for evaluating DT-MRI tractography in the
absence of ground truth
S.Pujol, C-F Westin, R.Whitaker, G.Gerig, T.Fletcher, V.Magnotta, S.Bouix, R.Kikinis, W.Wells III, R.Gollub.
ISMRM 2009, Honolulu, Hi
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
Statistical Analysis
• Statistical Analysis of the differences observed among tractography algorithms
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
MICCAI 2009 Workshop
Towards Validation of DTI Tractography: Statistical Analysis of the Differences
Observed Among Tractography Algorithms
S.Pujol, V.Magnotta, J.De Siebenthal, M.Kubicki, K.Hayes, C-F.Westin, JJ.Lemaire, R.Kikinis, R.L. Gollub, W.Wells
III .
MICCAI 2009, London, UK
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org
NA-MIC Outreach activities at international conferences
