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NA-MIC National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org Training Update AHM 2007 Sonia Pujol, Ph. D. Brigham and Women’s Hospital Randy Gollub, M. D. , Ph. D. Massachusetts General Hospital

NA-MIC Courseware • Integration of teaching features didactic content + data + instructions + solutions • Translation of concepts into skills through instructor-led training sessions • Simplicity: bring key image analysis techniques to the trainees laptops National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org

New Courses 2006 National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org

EM Brain Atlas Classifier Expectation-Maximization algorithm for automatic brain segmentation National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org

DWI data to Nrrd Conversion of Diffusion Weighted images into the Nrrd file format National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org

Tensors data to Nrrd Conversion of tensor data into the Nrrd file format National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org

DT-MRI Diffusion Tensor Imaging analysis and visualization 270 teaching slides on DTI National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org

f. MRI Engine Statistical analysis of f. MRI timeseries National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org

New Events 2006 National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org

2006 Workshops National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org

Training specificity • Tailored workshops for NA-MIC community members National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org

2006 Workshops National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org

NA-MIC Training Workshop at the Mind Institute • Tailored pre-processing and analysis of MR datasets from the Mind Institute • Automatic segmentation and 3 D visualization National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org

Training specificity • Tailored workshops for NA-MIC community members and • Broader scientific community dissemination National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org

2006 Workshops National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org

NA-MIC Dissemination event at the NCBC 2006 AHM • 24 participants from 11 groups within NIH and 7 extramural universities and companies • 8 hours DTI training at the National Library of Medicine • Education engagement of NAMIC activities with NIH staff National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org

Training specificity • Tailored workshops for NA-MIC community members and • Broader scientific community dissemination Demonstrates the flexibility of the workshop format Achieves proposed training goals National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org

Workshops 2005 National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org

Workshops 2006 2005 National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org

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

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

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

Training preparation Extremely easy Extremely difficult National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org Source: Sample of 64 respondents out of 129 attendees

Speed of the sessions Too fast Just right Too slow National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org Source: Sample of 64 respondents out of 129 attendees

Content of the tutorials Too detailed Just right Not enough information National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org Source: Sample of 64 respondents out of 129 attendees

Impact of NA-MIC Training Would you consider using Slicer to do some analysis and data visualization in the future ? Yes……………… 86 % Maybe ……………. . 14 % No ………………. . 0 % Source: Sample of 14 respondents out of 46 attendees National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org

Geographical distribution of attendees 2005 : 13 different universities Center for Addiction and Mental Healh University of Toronto, Canada Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston MA Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA University of California Irvine Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, MA University of California San Diego Biomedical Informatics Research Network Coordinating Center, San Diego Mental Illness and Neuroscience Discovery, University of New Mexico National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org General Electrics, Niskayuna NY Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

Geographical distribution of attendees 2006 : 41 different universities 1. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 20. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health 21. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin, 2. New Mexico Resonance National Institutes of Health 3. University of New-Mexico 22. Audiovisual Program Development Branch, National Library of Medicine 4. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 23. National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health 27. Center for Information Technology, National Institutes of Health 5. University of Iowa 6. Imaging Science and Information Systems (ISIS) Center, 28. National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health 29. Lister Hill Center for Biomedical Communications, National Institutes of Georgetown University Health 7. Department of Gerontology, Beth Israel Medical Center 30. Department of Neurosurgery, Golby Lab, Brigham and Women’s Hospital 8. Biomedical Engineering, Boston University 31. Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital 9. Engineering Research Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical 32. Stroke research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital Systems and Technology (ERC-CISST), Johns Hopkins University 33. Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital 10. Georges Washington University 34. Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 11. National Institute of Standards and Technology 35. Institute for aging research, Hebrew Rehab Center for the Aged 12. Image Processing & Visualization Lab, The University of Texas 36. Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital M. D. Anderson Cancer Center 37. Department of Health Science, Boston University 13. MITRE Corporation 38. Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital 14. Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical 39. Glaxo. Smith. Kline, RTP, NC Center 40. Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of 15. Medical Numerics, National Institutes of Health Medicine 16. The Mind Institute 41. Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital 17. Division Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health 18. Molecular Imaging Branch, National Institutes of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health 19. Diagnostic Radiology Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org

Conclusion: Training Statistics to date • 370 participants from 52 different universities and companies • 11 different national research centers hosted a NA-MIC workshop • 7, 700 access to the Slicer 101 portfolio National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org

Future plans – Part 1 • Design and development of Slicer 3 training materials • Instructor-led workshops for second round of DBPs • Continued dissemination to the broader scientific community of existing teaching materials National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org

Future plans – Part 2 • First international conference: NA-MIC DTI workshop at the 13 th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping 2007 June 9, 2007 Chicago • Peer-reviewed journal publications describing teaching methods and outcomes National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org

Training Workshops 370 participants in 18 months National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http: //na-mic. org