AbstractID: 12122 Title: NCI: Quantitative Imaging Initiatives and Public Resources For
Standarized Data Analysis
NCI has developed a number of research initiatives to help promote more standardized
methods for the measurement of drug or therapy response using quantitative imaging.
These initiatives include the following:
1. PAR 07 214: (R01) Industry Academic Partnerships.
2. PAR 08 225 (U01): Quantitative Imaging Network (QIN)
3. RFA 08 225 (U54): Multi Modality Imaging Platforms
4. SAIC Contracts: Data collections for RIDER project
These initiatives involve the development of public resources for sharing image data and
results of measurements that includes repeat and longitudinal measurements for phantom
and clinical data for a range of imaging modalities (CT, PET CT, DCE MRI, DW MRI
and optical imaging). This presentation will describe these resources and how they can be
used to support more standardized quantitative imaging methods. In addition a review of
recent juried consensus publications for how to use these NCI resources will be
addressed. Finally NCI ongoing efforts to support the efforts of different imaging
societies such as the RSNA (QIBA), AAPM, SNM and ISMRM will be presented.
Educational Objectives
1. Understand NCI initiatives for quantitative imaging
2. Understand how to use the public resources to promote imaging standards
3. Understand the importance of quantitative imaging as a biomarker for therapy
related clinical trials.