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Valerie.humblet: /* Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes September 22, 2009 */

2009-12-10T19:28:32Z

Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes September 22, 2009

Valerie.humblet: /* Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes September 22, 2009 */

2009-09-22T18:31:30Z

Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes September 22, 2009

Valerie.humblet at 18:30, 22 September 2009

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Valerie.humblet at 18:28, 22 September 2009

2009-09-22T18:28:15Z

Valerie.humblet: /* Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes September 22, 2009 */

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Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes September 22, 2009

Valerie.humblet: /* Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes September 22, 2009 */

2009-09-22T18:22:03Z

Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes September 22, 2009

Valerie.humblet at 18:16, 22 September 2009

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Valerie.humblet at 19:35, 21 September 2009

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Valerie.humblet: Created page with '# Update on consultations # MRI safety # Presentation at ACRIN meeting # New weekly informatics meeting # Update on follow-up with IT teams at different institutions (Randy)'

2009-09-21T19:34:25Z

Created page with '# Update on consultations # MRI safety # Presentation at ACRIN meeting # New weekly informatics meeting # Update on follow-up with IT teams at different institutions (Randy)'

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# Update on consultations
# MRI safety
# Presentation at ACRIN meeting
# New weekly informatics meeting
# Update on follow-up with IT teams at different institutions (Randy)

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 * Valerie Humblet
 * Gordon Harris
-* Jeff Yapp
+* Jeff Yap
 * Mark Anderson
 * Randy Gollub

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 * Laura Alice
 * Clare Tempany
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 * The tentative agenda for  weekly meeting of the informatics subgroup of the imaging consortium is every Tuesday 10:30-11:30 am, at Countway, starting Tuesday 10/06.
-** It is a good time for most members, Valerie will contact the people that were not at the t-con today to see if this schedule would fit theirs.
+** It is a good time for most members, Valerie will contact the people who were not at the t-con today to see if this schedule would fit theirs.
 * Randy sent an job offer to a well qualified computer engineer. We are waiting for his answer.

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−	'''5.	+	'''5. Update on follow-up with IT teams at different institutions'''<br>
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		+	* Randy sent an e-mail to the IT-Radiology representatives of the different institutions to let them know that the ARRA supplement got funded.
		+	** Valerie and Randy will schedule meetings with them to set up the politics terms of the new collaborations.
		+	** From time to time, the slot for the new weekly meeting will be used to meet with those representatives.

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−	'''3.	+	'''3. Presentation at ACRIN meeting''' <br>
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		+	* Kasia sent her slides to Jeff, Valerie and Randy. She is in charge of the first part of the talk: introduction to biomarkers in imaging.
		+	* Jeff and Wendy are still working on the case studies, in particular the PET/CT data.
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		+	<br>
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		+	'''4. New weekly informatics meeting'''<br>
		+
		+	* The tentative agenda for weekly meeting of the informatics subgroup of the imaging consortium is every Tuesday 10:30-11:30 am, at Countway, starting Tuesday 10/06.
		+	** It is a good time for most members, Valerie will contact the people that were not at the t-con today to see if this schedule would fit theirs.
		+	* Randy sent an job offer to a well qualified computer engineer. We are waiting for his answer.
		+
		+	<br>
		+
		+	'''5.

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	** The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA), a division of NEMA (National Electrical Manufacturers Association ) has published standards pertaining to magnetic resonance imaging systems. The [http://www.nema.org/media/pr/20081027b.cfm MS 8-2008], Characterization of the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) for MRI Systems describes calorimetric and pulse-energy methods for the determination of SARs in either a phantom or a patient. Both methods are described in this standard; either method may be chosen. The results from either method may then be extrapolated to other scan parameters and even to other waveforms.		** The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA), a division of NEMA (National Electrical Manufacturers Association ) has published standards pertaining to magnetic resonance imaging systems. The [http://www.nema.org/media/pr/20081027b.cfm MS 8-2008], Characterization of the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) for MRI Systems describes calorimetric and pulse-energy methods for the determination of SARs in either a phantom or a patient. Both methods are described in this standard; either method may be chosen. The results from either method may then be extrapolated to other scan parameters and even to other waveforms.
	* Randy had her first meeting as member of the CTSA Imaging Working Group Steering Committee. She talked about our MRI safety material and it generated a lot of interest. She proposed to offer this material at the CTSA national level. All the members of the consortium agreed.		* Randy had her first meeting as member of the CTSA Imaging Working Group Steering Committee. She talked about our MRI safety material and it generated a lot of interest. She proposed to offer this material at the CTSA national level. All the members of the consortium agreed.
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 '''2.  MRI safety'''<br>
-* During the review of the slides, Jeff has a question about SAR values at the different institutions. So far in the slides we listed the FDA guidelines but Valerie will create a table with the values recommended at each institutions.
+* During the review of the slides, Jeff had a question about SAR values at the different institutions. So far in the slides we listed the FDA guidelines but Valerie will create a table with the values recommended at each institutions.
-** Bob mentioned that the value we want to collect is the so-called first control zone. It is determine by the manufacturer, in compliance with the FDA and the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) recommendations. Usually the only time one will go higher is during a clinical scan if the benefit is worth the increased risk.
+** Bob mentioned that the value we want to collect is the so-called first control zone. It is determined by the manufacturer, in compliance with the FDA and the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) recommendations. Usually the only time one will go higher is during a clinical scan if the benefits are worth the increased risk. For research purpose, one will always stay below the first control zone.
 ** The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA), a division of NEMA (National Electrical Manufacturers Association ) has published standards pertaining to magnetic resonance imaging systems. The [http://www.nema.org/media/pr/20081027b.cfm MS 8-2008], Characterization of the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) for MRI Systems describes calorimetric and pulse-energy methods for the determination of SARs in either a phantom or a patient. Both methods are described in this standard; either method may be chosen. The results from either method may then be extrapolated to other scan parameters and even to other waveforms.
-* Randy had her first meeting as member of the CTSA Imaging Working Group Steering Committee. She talked about our slides about MRI safety and it generated a lot of interest. She proposed to offer this material at the CTSA national level. All the members of the consortium agreed.
+* Randy had her first meeting as member of the CTSA Imaging Working Group Steering Committee. She talked about our MRI safety material and it generated a lot of interest. She proposed to offer this material at the CTSA national level. All the members of the consortium agreed.

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	# New weekly informatics meeting		# New weekly informatics meeting
	# Update on follow-up with IT teams at different institutions (Randy)		# Update on follow-up with IT teams at different institutions (Randy)
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		+	== Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes September 22, 2009 ==
		+
		+	In attendance:
		+
		+	* Valerie Humblet
		+	* Gordon Harris
		+	* Jeff Yapp
		+	* Mark Anderson
		+	* Randy Gollub
		+	* Yong Gao
		+	* Annick Van den Abbeele
		+	* Gordon Williams
		+	* Bill Hanlon
		+	* Bob Lenkinski
		+	* Laura Alice
		+	* Clare Tempany
		+
		+
		+	<br>
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		+	'''1. Update on imaging consultation requests''' <br>
		+
		+	* There was no new consultation this week
		+	* Valerie will create a new project in JIRA to collect all the work done on the creation of a DCE-MRI module in Slicer
		+
		+	<br>
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		+	'''2. MRI safety'''<br>
		+
		+	* During the review of the slides, Jeff has a question about SAR values at the different institutions. So far in the slides we listed the FDA guidelines but Valerie will create a table with the values recommended at each institutions.
		+	** Bob mentioned that the value we want to collect is the so-called first control zone. It is determine by the manufacturer, in compliance with the FDA and the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) recommendations. Usually the only time one will go higher is during a clinical scan if the benefit is worth the increased risk.
		+	** The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA), a division of NEMA (National Electrical Manufacturers Association ) has published standards pertaining to magnetic resonance imaging systems. The [http://www.nema.org/media/pr/20081027b.cfm MS 8-2008], Characterization of the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) for MRI Systems describes calorimetric and pulse-energy methods for the determination of SARs in either a phantom or a patient. Both methods are described in this standard; either method may be chosen. The results from either method may then be extrapolated to other scan parameters and even to other waveforms.
		+	* Randy had her first meeting as member of the CTSA Imaging Working Group Steering Committee. She talked about our slides about MRI safety and it generated a lot of interest. She proposed to offer this material at the CTSA national level. All the members of the consortium agreed.

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		+	'''Agenda:'''
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	# Update on consultations		# Update on consultations
	# MRI safety		# MRI safety