CTSC:TTIC.110408 - Revision history

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CarolynZyloney: /* Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes November 4, 2008 */

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Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes November 4, 2008

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Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes November 4, 2008

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CarolynZyloney: New page: Back to Collaboration:Harvard_CTSC
'''Action Items (details below)''' # Look over the CTSC PowerPoint slides that will be sent out prior to the October ...

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New page: Back to Collaboration:Harvard_CTSC '''Action Items (details below)''' # Look over the CTSC PowerPoint slides that will be sent out prior to the October ...

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'''Action Items (details below)'''
# Look over the CTSC PowerPoint slides that will be sent out prior to the October 28th meeting. Consortium members who cannot attend this meeting are encouraged to make suggestions on how to improve the presentation in advance of that meeting.

== Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes October 21, 2008 ==

In Attendance (via phone):
* Randy Gollub
* Carolyn Zyloney
* Sarah McMordie
* Bill Hanlon
* Gordon Williams

 

'''1. Report from the CTSA Working Group Bi-Monthly Call (October 20th, 2008)''' 
* Dan Sullivan led the t-con. Ron Kikinis, Bill Hanlon, and Randy Gollub were present and represented the Harvard CTSC.

*Bill Hanlon from the TIMC has been invited to the November 7th [http://wiki.ctsa-imaging.org/index.php?title=Image_Sharing_Infrastructure_Proposal National CTSA Image Informatics] meeting in Chicagoland and will represent the Harvard CTSC at this meeting.

* The goal of the meeting is to work out the details of the grant proposal to support medical image informatics.
** Bill Hanlon is charged with sharing the details of i2b2 and XNAT to see how it will fit into the national CTSA informatics plans.

* One topic of discussion at the CTSA t-con was the idea of setting up standardized measurements and standardizing the cost of image acquisition and analysis. This has spurred interest in how the TIMC does business.
** Currently the TIMC (Tumor Imaging Metrics Core) offers its data analysis services to trials within the DF/HCC.
** The November 7th meeting in Chicago is one potential opportunity for Bill to share information about the TIMC with other CTSCs.
** Before we proceed with sharing the strategies employed by the TIMC with the world, the TIMC PIs will decide what information they wish to make publicly available.

* Bill Hanlon has been invited to present information about the TIMC at the RSNA meeting.

* [http://www.aaci-cancer.org/irats/about_project.asp IRAT], the Imaging Response Assessment Team, has the goal of providing funding to encourage clinical collaboration between imaging scientists and oncologic investigators at Cancer Centers to identify new oncologic imaging research opportunities in clinical trials that warrant multi-center clinical investigations and integrate imaging data as potential biomarkers or candidate surrogate markers in clinical therapeutic trials. IRAT is entering its third year of funding, but is currently looking for other sources of funding to support its work.

* Few other CTSCs have as well establish and broadly knowledgeable senior leadership as the Harvard CTSC. This puts the Harvard CTSC in a leadership position.

 

'''2. Communication with Imaging Community''' 
* The Imaging Consortium has obtained the slides from the CTSC retreat.
* The Imaging Consortium will work together at the next meeting (October 28th at Harvard Medical School Countway Library) to prepare additional slides about the Imaging Consortium and its consultation service.
* The draft of the presentation will be sent to Consortium members via email prior to the October 28th meeting.
* Consortium members will use this PowerPoint to present the CTSC Imaging Consultation Services at the Radiology Division Heads Meetings within each institution.

 

'''3. Imaging Information and Acquisition Liaison Job''' 
* Randy has begun to receive resumes from prospective Imaging Information and Acquisition Liaison
* Carolyn has contacted the HR departments at Harvard and MGH to post the Imaging Information and Acquisition Liaison job.
* Consortium members and personnel within the Radiology Departments at each institution may be able to suggest suitable job candidates.
* Carolyn has also submitted the job description to RSNA. It will be posted on the RSNA website and featured in the December issue of Radiology.
* Randy requests the assistance of consortium members at other institutions to help get the job description posted there through each institutions respective HR department.

 

'''4. 2009 meeting schedule''' 
* 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.

 

'''5. Consultation Web-page Update''' 
* The Imaging Consultation Service page is due to go live on the Catalyst website on November 18th.
* 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.

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 ** There was uniform positive response to the proposal from the Informatics group
 ** They were supportive of adding medical imaging data to the data types that can be hadled through i2b2
-** However, the group indicated that problems may arise due to data sharing, HIPAA issues, and the size of imaging files
+** However, the group outlined the problems that may arise due to the accessing of imaging data in PACs systems and the difficulty of working with medical imaging meta-data
 * The Imaging and Informatics Groups will present the proposal to Harvard CTSC Central and the heads of informatics at each institution within this CTSC
 ** Shawn Murphy and Diane Keogh from Partners Research Computing will make the presentation to the Head of Partners Computing
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 * The proposal calls for CTSC Central to hire an engineer to integrate XNAT and i2b2.
 * Randy will contact Suzanne Churchill, the director of i2b2,  to obtain a list of all the CTSC sites that are using i2b2 currently
-* Dan Marcus is planning on submitting a NIBIB grant for the national Informatics effort, and the Imaging Group may want to consider submitting a companion grant
+* Dan Marcus is meeting with the National CTSC Imaging Working Group, which is planning on submitting a NIBIB grant for the national Informatics effort. The Harvard CTSC Imaging Group may want to consider submitting a companion grant or participating in this grant submission.
 * Jeff Yap raised the question of transferring information from the clinical data to the Imaging data fields, because currently a large portion of the data must be manually entered. There may be issues of regulatory compliance here and this issue may require multiple solutions.

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 '''1. Educational Program'''<br>
-* Annick proposed a course on radiation safety.
+* Annick proposed a course on radiation safety, subject safety, and other issues critical for approval from the IRB and other regulatory agencies.
 ** The goal is to offer this course in Spring-Summer 2009
-* Another possible course topic may be on regulatory agencies such as the IRB
+** This course can present safety information and best practices for the acquisition of images within multiple imaging modalities
 ** Radiation Safety Officers determine the necessary content of the safety portion of IRB submissions that include imaging
 ** One goal of the Imaging Consortium is to develop a standardized language for IRB submissions involving imaging that can be available to Investigators at all institutions within the Harvard CTSC.
-** The Educational Program may provide an opportunity to develop or disseminate this standardized language.
+** The Educational Program provides an opportunity to develop or disseminate this standardized language.
-* The Imaging Liaison may be able to assist with the Educational Program
+** A key responsibility of The Imaging Liaison will be to collate information from the multiple institutions and develop a standardized language that can be shared throughout the Imaging community
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 '''2. Imaging Information and Acquisition Liaison Job Position'''<br>
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 ** Randy is working on setting up a confidential website where the Consortium members can access materials from the applicants.
 ** There was unanimous agreement to postpone interviews until the job posting has been distributed through the RSNA publications and website, and posted on the MGH website. It is believed these sources will attract strong job candidates.
-**Qualified applicants will be invited to interview with the Consortium members in the future.
+**Qualified applicants will be invited to interview with the Consortium members in the near future.
-* The Consortium is working on finding tasks for the liaison to perform during the first few months of his/her employment.
+* The Consortium is working on delineating tasks for the liaison to perform during the first few months of his/her employment.
 ** The Consortium will train the liaison to do triage for the consultation service
 ** The Liaison can attend basic educational courses
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 ** Investigators ask them many questions, which can be directed to the Imaging Consortium's consultation service now.
 ** Both sites have requested help in obtaining physiological monitoring equipment for research purposes that is comparable to the physiological monitoring system in use at the Martinos Center at MGH.
-**  ( Does BIDMC also want physio?)
+** Representatives from the BIDMC, as well as the other sites within the Consortium, are invited to request a physiological monitoring system if desired.
 '''4. Pilot Grant update'''<br>
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 * A number of grant applications were developmental not clinical
 * Notifications of which projects have been chosen to receive funding will be sent out soon.
-* What role can the CTSC support?
+* It is not clear if the consultation service will play a role in supporting the pilot grants, but the Consortium is awaiting advise and instruction from CTSC central on this issue.
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 ** The representatives from the Imaging Group together with Shawn Murphy presented the XNAT proposal to the Informatics group.
 ** There was uniform positive response to the proposal from the Informatics group
-** They supported the idea of adding a query to i2b2
+** They were supportive of adding medical imaging data to the data types that can be hadled through i2b2
 ** However, the group indicated that problems may arise due to data sharing, HIPAA issues, and the size of imaging files
 * The Imaging and Informatics Groups will present the proposal to Harvard CTSC Central and the heads of informatics at each institution within this CTSC

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 * Bill Hanlon will attend the November 7th meeting in Chicago
 ** Imaging Consortium members are requested to submit their requirements for the Informatics system to Bill
 * The Informatics meeting was held at Harvard's Countway Library directly following the Imaging Group meeting.
 ** The representatives from the Imaging Group together with Shawn Murphy presented the XNAT proposal to the Informatics group.
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 ** Shawn Murphy and Diane Keogh from Partners Research Computing will make the presentation to the Head of Partners Computing
 ** Bill from BIDMC will make a presentation to Jim Murray, the Director of Clinical ___.
-** The BIDMC is resistant to interface with the PACs systems.
+** The BIDMC is not set up for interfacing with the PACs systems.
 ** Zak Kohane will share this proposal with the heads of the CTSC.
 ** This proposal is also being forwarded to the IT committee
-** The
+* The proposal calls for CTSC Central to hire an engineer to integrate XNAT and i2b2.
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 ** They supported the idea of adding a query to i2b2
 ** However, the group indicated that problems may arise due to data sharing, HIPAA issues, and the size of imaging files
-* The Imaging and Informatics Groups will present the proposal to Harvard CTSC Central
+* The Imaging and Informatics Groups will present the proposal to Harvard CTSC Central and the heads of informatics at each institution within this CTSC
-** Shawn Murphy and Diane Keogh
+** Shawn Murphy and Diane Keogh from Partners Research Computing will make the presentation to the Head of Partners Computing
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	'''5. Update from the Informatics Meeting'''<br>		'''5. Update from the Informatics Meeting'''<br>
		+	* Bill Hanlon will attend the November 7th meeting in Chicago
		+	** Imaging Consortium members are requested to submit their requirements for the Informatics system to Bill
		+	* The Informatics meeting was held at Harvard's Countway Library directly following the Imaging Group meeting.
		+	** The representatives from the Imaging Group together with Shawn Murphy presented the XNAT proposal to the Informatics group.
		+	** There was uniform positive response to the proposal from the Informatics group
		+	** They supported the idea of adding a query to i2b2
		+	** However, the group indicated that problems may arise due to data sharing, HIPAA issues, and the size of imaging files
		+	* The Imaging and Informatics Groups will present the proposal to Harvard CTSC Central
		+	** Shawn Murphy and Diane Keogh
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 '''Action Items (details below)'''
-# Look over the CTSC PowerPoint slides that will be sent out prior to the October 28th meeting. Consortium members who cannot attend this meeting are encouraged to make suggestions on how to improve the presentation in advance of that meeting.
+== Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes November 4, 2008 ==
 In Attendance (via phone):
 * Randy Gollub
 * Carolyn Zyloney
-* Sarah McMordie
+* Jeff Yap
 * Bill Hanlon
-* Gordon Williams
+* Bob Lenkinski
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-'''1. Report from the CTSA Working Group Bi-Monthly Call (October 20th, 2008)'''<br>
+'''1. Educational Program'''<br>
 * Dan Sullivan led the t-con. Ron Kikinis, Bill Hanlon, and Randy Gollub were present and represented the Harvard CTSC.

CTSC:TTIC.110408 - Revision history

CarolynZyloney at 19:05, 7 November 2008

CarolynZyloney at 18:50, 7 November 2008

CarolynZyloney: /* Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes November 4, 2008 */

CarolynZyloney: /* Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes November 4, 2008 */

CarolynZyloney at 20:48, 6 November 2008

CarolynZyloney at 17:33, 6 November 2008

CarolynZyloney at 17:32, 6 November 2008

CarolynZyloney at 15:26, 6 November 2008

CarolynZyloney: New page: Back to Collaboration:Harvard_CTSC '''Action Items (details below)''' # Look over the CTSC PowerPoint slides that will be sent out prior to the October ...

CarolynZyloney: New page: Back to Collaboration:Harvard_CTSC
'''Action Items (details below)''' # Look over the CTSC PowerPoint slides that will be sent out prior to the October ...