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Virtual Colonoscopy Training
Collection
http://nova.nlm.nih.gov/wramc
CIP offers a virtual colonoscopy image
database from the National CT Colonography
Trial that can be downloaded for
training, research, or development of
computer-aided diagnostic applications
for enhancing or interpreting images.
This project is a collaboration with the
Walter Reed Army Medical Center Virtual
Colonoscopy Center and the NIH National
Library of Medicine.
The images comprising the database
are DICOM-compliant, meaning that they
adhere to standards for Digital Imaging
and Communications in Medicine
developed jointly by ACR and NEMA.
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This database currently provides 52 complete
cases (26 with polyps) consisting of
three-dimensional CT data, several twodimensional
images, pathology reports,
virtual and optical colonoscopy reports,
and optical colonoscopy video.
National Forum on Biomedical
Imaging in Oncology
http://imaging.cancer.gov/NewsAnd
Meetings/meetings
The National Forum on Biomedical
Imaging in Oncology (NFBIO), cosponsored
by NCI, NEMA, FDA, and CMS, facilitates
partnerships between researchers,
the imaging industry, and government
agencies. The goal is to address new
biomedical opportunities and challenges
in oncology and to focus on the regulatory,
coverage, and reimbursement issues
for established technologies to improve
patient diagnosis and care. The two-day
meeting concentrates on a different topic
each time it is held. Planning is under way
for a 2007 meeting.
Interagency Council on Biomedical
Imaging in Oncology
http://imaging.cancer.gov/
programsandresources/
specializedinitiatives/ICBIO
In informal, confidential meetings, the
Interagency Council on Biomedical
Imaging in Oncology (ICBIO) brings
representatives of NCI, FDA, and CMS
together with technology developers.
Developers receive advice from a multiagency
perspective on the spectrum of
scientific, regulatory, and reimbursement
issues related to commercializing new
imaging devices or technologies.