na-mic national alliance for medical image computing isomics, inc. steve pieper

NA-MICNational Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org

Isomics, Inc.

Steve Pieper

National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org

Who are we – people

• Engineering (Core 2 Applications)– Steve Pieper (Site PI)– Alex Yarmarkovich

• Dissemination (Core 6)– Tina Kapur (BWH, Co-PI)– Steve Pieper (Co-PI)

• Iowa Collaboration Grant– Curtis Lisle (KnowledgeVis, LLC)

• CT Segmentation for Ultrasound SBIR– Kilian Pohl


Who are we – historical

• Pieper– MIT PhD (Media Lab, Plastic Surgery Simulation); 8 years MMS CTO

(CT Segmentation, Surgery Systems); 5 years with Ron/SPL on Slicer, BIRN, NA-MIC, NAC, etc.

• Kapur– MIT PhD (AI, segmentation); VTI/GE (Surgical Navigation); BWH

(since Sept 2006) Executive Director of NCIGT, NA-MIC Core 6 Co-PI• Yarmarkovich

– Moscow PhD (Dynamic Systems); Industry (AVS, Visualization, Analysis); ½ time NA-MIC, also Dental Modeling Startup

• Pohl– MIT PhD (CSAIL, segmentation); Working part-time at BWH and part

time for Isomics SBIR on ultrasound fusion• Lisle

– PhD UCF (Simulation, Visualization); SGI Custom Consulting; VTK and Slicer for NIH Projects


What do we contribute – Core2

• Slicer Development– Slicer 2.x maintenance and training– Slicer 3 design and implementation

• “Application Focus” in Core 2– Communicate user needs to Cores 1 and

2– Slicer as testing ground for NA-MIC Kit

tools meant to be used in other applications

– Synergistic with Dissemination Role


What do we contribute – Core6

• Getting the “NA-MIC Message” to a broader community– Workshops– Collaborations– Publications

• Internal Dissemination– Helping the Alliance stay in sync


How do we fit with NA-MIC

• Many, Many ties with NA-MIC Participants– SPL: NAC, mBIRN, fBIRN, NCIGT, R01s…– Collaborations: UIowa (funded), Northwestern

(resubmission this round), Berkeley (1st submission this round), JHU (in planning stages)

– SBIR, DARPA, NSF and other cross-site activities


2006 Review

• Slicer3, Slicer3, Slicer3, …

• Kickoff of Iowa Meshing Collaboration

• Slicer2.6


2007 Plans

• Slicer3 clean up, release, maintenance

• Help Create Training Materials– End Users– Command Line Module Developers– Interactive Module Developers

• Begin to disseminate Slicer3


Goals for Isomics in NA-MIC

• Make the NA-MIC Kit a “must have” software package for any Medical Image Computing Developer/Researcher/User

• Ensure NA-MIC Kit is suitable for use in clinically applicable medical products

• Promote the NA-MIC Community as the leaders in Medical Image Computing

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