DBP changeover

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Motivation

  • The original RFA specified the following: "The purpose of this core is to ensure that the research carried out in cores 1 and 2 has direct relevance to biomedical or behavioral research."

The second generation of DBP's (announced on April 11 2006)

Document Guidelines


We are asking the new DBP's to write a document that will provide us with specific aims and additional information about their science and their goals for the participation in NA-MIC. Please send the document to Ron by Nov. 12. Ron will share the document with the other NA-MIC particpants.

The following topics should be covered:

  • 1) Describe (very briefly) your research goals
    • Clinical/scientific relevance
    • What hypotheses are your considering?
    • (or) What kinds procedures are you trying to improve or enable?
  • 2) Describe your data
    • What kind of image data is associated with these goals (modality, resolution, quantitity)?
    • What other kinds of data is involved (non image)?
    • What amount of data has been collected to date and what will be collected in the next 12-24 months?
    • What information would you like to be able to extract from these images that you are currently unable to?
  • 3) Describe your image processing needs
    • What kinds of image processing tasks are needed?
      • Consider filtering, segmentation, registration, shape analysis, etc.
      • What are the inputs?
      • What are the outputs?
      • What are the other important factors such as user input, turn-around time, etc.?
  • 4) Describe the state of your image processing technology
    • What tools are your currently using (Software Algorithms)?
    • What are the successes and shortcomings of those tools?
  • 5) What will you do with the NA-MIC kit
    • What are your plans with 3D Slicer, version 3
    • What procedures will you transition
    • Who will do the work
    • What will be done in detail?
  • 6) In what way and in what direction will your research drive NA-MIC
  • 7) Summarize what you hope to gain from this project

Sample Job description for the software engineer

Image Computing Applications Engineer:

  • Summary: The engineer will work closely with local user community to integrate NA-MIC Kit software into local research workflows. The engineer will work with the NA-MIC algorithm and software developers to develop implementation strategies to meet the needs of local users by adapting and/or extending existing code in the NA-MIC Kit. Examples of the engineering work required include writing code to integrate several filters into a pipeline, building user interfaces to algorithms, converting data file formats, and automating repetitive analysis tasks.
  • Duties:
    • Define and specify user requirements for new software.
    • Implement solutions in collaboration with other NA-MIC personnel.
    • Support use of new solutions by local users.
    • Disseminate solutions to broader community through adherence to NA-MIC software practices including publicly readable repositories, design material and documentation on public wiki, participation in email lists to support users and developers.
  • Qualifications:
    • BS Computer Science or equivalent. Knowledge of medical image processing a plus.
  • Other Requirements:
    • Willingness and ability to develop "production" quality code adhering to existing design standards.
    • Knowledge of C++ essential.
    • Cross-platform software development experience (Windows and Linux; Mac a plus).
    • Experience with NA-MIC Kit tools a plus (CMake, VTK, ITK, KWWidgets, 3D Slicer).


Selection Process

see here