CTSC:TTIC.102808 - Revision history

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CarolynZyloney: /* Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes October 28, 2008 */

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Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes October 28, 2008

CarolynZyloney: /* Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes October 28, 2008 */

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Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes October 28, 2008

CarolynZyloney at 18:10, 2 November 2008

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 # Submit pictures for the Harvard Catalyst Imaging Consultation Page
 # Formulate suggestions for shared CTSC-sponsored equipment purchases, other than neuroimaging informatics and data transfer hardware and software.
 == Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes October 28, 2008 ==

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 ** Annick has agreed to host a workshop on tumor metrics in the first quarter of 2009.
 ** Greg Sorenson has been invited to give a lecture on cardiovascular imaging
-** Ellen Grant has been asked to give a workshop on general neuroimaging
+** Ellen Grant will been asked to give or advise on a workshop on general neuroimaging
 * The CTSC has a system in place that will make scheduling a venue for the educational offerings simple
 * Neil brought up the question of whether and how to use the educational offerings to educate its user community about the CTSC and its educational service.
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 '''2. Consultation Service'''<br>
 * The image at the top of the consultation web-page will scroll through several pictures.
-** The Imaging Group is requested to submit any ideas for these pictures in the next several days.
+** The Imaging Group is requested to submit any ideas for these pictures to Randy Gollub by November 4th.
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 '''3. Imaging Program at Harvard and MIT'''<br>
-* Randy Buckner is the interim representative for Harvard FAS in the Imaging Consortium and Randy Gollub is the official liaison between Harvard and the Imaging Consortium
+* Randy Buckner is the director of the imaging facilities for Harvard FAS. He has designated Randy Gollub as the official liaison between Harvard and the Imaging Consortium
-* John Gabrieli heads the imaging services at MIT.
+* John Gabrieli is the head of the Martinos Imaging Center at MIT. Randy Gollub has been designated as the temporary liaison for the MIT.
 * Randy Gollub met with Randy Buckner from Harvard and John Gabrieli from MIT to discuss their clinical translational imaging needs and consultation service needs at their institutions
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 * Both Harvard and MIT have requested logistical and technical support for physiological monitoring at their imaging acquisition sites, per requests from the user community.
 * Other institutions within the CTSC may also have a need for physiological monitoring equiptment, particularly BIDMC.
-* Randy has obtained a quote for a [http://www.massgeneral.org/crc/bic/resources.htm#3 physiological monitoring system from AD instruments]. This system has been requested at three sites within the Conosrtium: MGH, MIT and Harvard.
+* Randy has obtained a quote for a physiological monitoring system that would [http://www.massgeneral.org/crc/bic/resources.htm#3 replicate the equiptment currently in use at MGH]. This system has been requested at three sites within the Conosrtium: MGH, MIT and Harvard.
 ** This physiological equiptment is for research imaging and is unlikely to fit the needs of clinical imaging projects
 ** Consortium members are invited to suggest alternative vendors for consideration.
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 '''5. Medical Image Analysis Services'''<br>
-* Clinical translational investigators may wish to purchase analysis services
+* Clinical translational investigators may wish to purchase fMRI analysis services
 * Several medical image analysis services already exist but with a limited scope
 ** The TIMC offers its imaging analysis services for cancer clinical trials to all DF/HCC and non-DF/HCC oncology PIs on a fee-for-service basis.
 ** The Center for Morphometric Analysis at MGH offers analysis services for structural MRI imaging.
 ** Bruce Fischel's Computational Analysis service at MGH also offers structural MRI analysis services.
-* The Imaging Consoritum is considering the possibility of setting up a medical imaging analysis service
+* The Imaging Consoritum is considering the possibility of setting up a fMRI medical imaging analysis service
 ** The Consortium will inquire as to whether CTSC Central can help support this service
 ** If this service is developed, there will likely be a fee for investigators requesting image analysis support
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 '''6. Imaging Data Storage'''<br>
 * The Imaging Consortium will not purchase a large data storage repository in the first year of the CTSC as storage requirements will likely be small in the beginning.
-* Imaging data storage will likely become a large expense in the upcoming years
+* Imaging data storage will likely become a large expense in the upcoming years and the budget of this consortium is being managed to enable that expense.
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-'''7. PowerPoint Presentation for Radiology Divisions Heads Meetings'''<br>
+'''7. Imaging Information and Acquisition Liaison Job'''<br>
 * The title Navigator is reserved for the official CTSC Central Navigators and cannot be used by the Imaging Consortium to refer to the Imaging Triage Consultant/Imaging Information and Acquisition Liaison
-** Consortium members have been requested to submit a new title for this job opportunity. There may be a prize for the best job title.
+** Consortium members have been requested to submit a new title for this job opportunity.
 * Randy Gollub will screen all job candidates and contact their references. Information on the job candidates will be circulated to the consortium at weekly meetings and electronically. When several suitable candidates have been found, several members of Imaging Consortium have agreed to help give interviews.
 * The Imaging Liaison will be the point of contact with the Radiology Department and will maintain a list of possible consultants and their areas of expertise.
 ** The Imaging Group will request assistance from CTSC IT Central to set up a web-based search device to retrieve a list consultants with a particular expertise
 **The successful job candidate will acquire knowledge about these consultants and develop relationships with the members of the Radiology departments and the imaging community.
-* The Radiology Division Heads meetings will be postponed until a liaison is hired, so that the liaison can attend these meetings and meet the members of the Radiology departments.
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 . The notes from the October 28th meeting with the CTSC Informatics Group are available at [[CTSC:TTIC.102808.Informatics_Meeting]]

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 ** Sarah McMordie
 ** Gordon Williams
-Via phone
+* Via phone
 ** Gordon Harris
 ** Bob Lenkinski

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 '''Action Items (details below)'''
 # Submit pictures for the Harvard Catalyst Imaging Consultation Page
-# Review the physiological monitoring system that Randy obtained a quote for and suggest other systems that the Imaging Consortium may be interested in purchasing
+# Formulate suggestions for shared CTSC-sponsored equipment purchases, other than neuroimaging informatics and data transfer hardware and software.
 == Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes October 28, 2008 ==
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 '''4. Physiological Monitoring Equipment for Imaging Research'''<br>
-* Both Harvard and MIT have requested logistic and technical support for physiological monitoring at their imaging acquisition sites, per requests from the user community.
+* Both Harvard and MIT have requested logistical and technical support for physiological monitoring at their imaging acquisition sites, per requests from the user community.
-* Other institutions within the CTSC may also have a need for physiological monitoring equiptment,,particularly BIDMC.
+* Other institutions within the CTSC may also have a need for physiological monitoring equiptment, particularly BIDMC.
-* Randy has obtained a quote to set up physiological monitoring equiptment from AD Instruments for approximately $25K per site
+* Randy has obtained a quote for a [http://www.massgeneral.org/crc/bic/resources.htm#3 physiological monitoring system from AD instruments]. This system has been requested at three sites within the Conosrtium: MGH, MIT and Harvard.
 ** This physiological equiptment is for research imaging and is unlikely to fit the needs of clinical imaging projects
-** Consortium members are invited to suggest other physiological monitoring systems that the Imaging Consortium can purchase
+** Consortium members are invited to suggest alternative vendors for consideration.
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 In Attendance:
-* Randy Gollub
+* In person
-* Carolyn Zyloney
+** Randy Gollub
-* Gordon Harris
+** Carolyn Zyloney
-* Bob Lenkinski
+** Bruce Rosen
-* Bruce Rosen
+** Bill Hanlon
-* Annick D. Van den Abbeele
+** Jeff Yap
-* Jeff Yap
+** Laura Alice
-* Laura Alice
+** Neil Rofsky
-* Neil Rofsky
+** Sarah McMordie
-* Sarah McMordie
+** Gordon Williams
-* Bill Hanlon
+Via phone
-* Gordon Williams
+** Gordon Harris
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−	9. The notes from the October 28th meeting with the CTSC Informatics Group are available at [[]]	+	9. The notes from the October 28th meeting with the CTSC Informatics Group are available at [[CTSC:TTIC.102808.Informatics_Meeting]]

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 '''4. Physiological Monitoring Equipment for Imaging Research'''<br>
 * Both Harvard and MIT have requested logistic and technical support for physiological monitoring at their imaging acquisition sites, per requests from the user community.
 * GCRC resources website
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 * The title Navigator is reserved for the official CTSC Central Navigators and cannot be used by the Imaging Consortium to refer to the Imaging Triage Consultant/Imaging Information and Acquisition Liaison
 ** Consortium members have been requested to submit a new title for this job opportunity. There may be a prize for the best job title.
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 ** The Center for Morphometric Analysis at MGH offers analysis services for structural MRI imaging.
 ** Bruce Fischel's Computational Analysis service at MGH also offers structural MRI analysis services.
 * John Gabrieli at MIT has mentioned that he is interested in an image analysis service
-** The Imaging Consortium has invited John Gabrieli to a future meeting to discuss imaging at MIT
+** The proposal for developing a medical image analysis service will be the topic of a future Imaging Consortium meeting
+** The Imaging Consortium has invited John Gabrieli to attend this meeting
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-'''4. 2009 meeting schedule'''<br>
+'''7. PowerPoint Presentation for Radiology Divisions Heads Meetings'''<br>
-* Randy proposed that the Imaging Consortium continue with the current meeting plan into 2009. This includes continuing our 8:30 - 9:30 am weekly teleconferences and our monthly site visits at Harvard CTSC Central or one of the participating institutions.
+* The Consortium will continue to work on these slides at future meetings
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-'''5. Consultation Web-page Update'''<br>
+'''8. Imaging Data Storage'''<br>
-* The Imaging Consultation Service page is due to go live on the Catalyst website on November 18th.
+* The Imaging Consortium will not purchase a large data storage repository in the first year of the CTSC as storage requirements will likely be small in the beginning.
-* We are waiting for CTSC Central to approve rotating through several images at the top of the web-page. If it is approved, consortium members will be asked to suggest several additional pictures to display on the website.
+* Imaging data storage will likely become a large expense in the upcoming years
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