https://www.na-mic.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Medical_Image_Computing_NIH 2026-05-13T02:14:03Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.33.0 https://www.na-mic.org/w/index.php?title=Medical_Image_Computing_NIH&diff=77512&oldid=prev 2012-08-30T21:23:29Z

<p>Created page with &#039;== Call for Medical Image Computing Grant Applications == Many of us work in a clinically relevant area of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_image_computing|Medical Image C…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Call for Medical Image Computing Grant Applications ==<br /> <br /> Many of us work in a clinically relevant area of<br /> [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_image_computing|Medical Image<br /> Computing]. And yet, we struggle to get NIH funding for methodological<br /> developments in this area of research. While we get encouragement from<br /> the program officers, the applications often gets poor scores from the<br /> study sections. To the best of our knowledge, there is no study<br /> section at NIH on Medical Image Computing (rather than Medical<br /> Imaging, for example, that is much more focused on improving image<br /> acquisition). <br /> <br /> To create such study section, NIH needs evidence that enough grants on<br /> the topic are submitted to warrant an ad-hoc study section first,<br /> which can later be converted to a permanent study section if the<br /> stream of applications is sustained over several application cycles.<br /> <br /> This is a call for everyone who is submitting a grant application to<br /> NIH. Please mention the term Medical Image Analysis in your abstract<br /> and keywords. You don't need to do anything different, just list the<br /> keyword. After 3-4 grant submission cycles, this will give NIH enough<br /> evidence (by searching the applications) to warrant a special ad-hoc<br /> study section on Medical Image Analysis. This will be a start. If as a<br /> community, we can sustain the volume of applications for a separate<br /> section, the ad-hoc study section will convert to a permanent one.<br /> <br /> We are not calling for any drastic changes in the structure of the NIH<br /> review process. Our goal is to use the existing structure to create a<br /> completely valid avenue for Medical Image Computing grant applications<br /> to compete against others in this field on equal footing and for the<br /> NIH reviewers to select the best science and engineering in this field<br /> with the highest potential to improve medical care.<br /> <br /> All you need to do to help with the process is to mention<br /> [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_image_computing|Medical Image<br /> Computing] in the summary and the keywords of the next grant<br /> applications you are sending to NIH. And help us improve the<br /> visibility of the field by editing the wikipedia page on<br /> [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_image_computing|Medical Image<br /> Computing].</div>

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