Last Updated: 04/06/07
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NCI is working closely with the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), which facilitates public-private partnerships of all sizes and configurations, in a collaboration to encourage the rapid development of more advanced medical imaging software tools. Directed by CIP, the Imaging Database Resources Initiative (IDRI) is designed to rapidly create a public database of lung CT and X-ray images that can be used by industry to optimize and evaluate computer-aided diagnostic products in the clinical management of lung cancer. This focused demonstration project expands on NCI’s Lung Imaging Database Consortium (LIDC) and draws on resources from the CIP-cosponsored NLST.
IDRI is part of CIP efforts to speed the development and dissemination of quantitative informatics tools for imaging and integration of other patient data for clinical decision-making. This initiative will help enable the use of molecular imaging and other molecular-based methods for patient-specific diagnosis and assessment of therapy response.
Eight medical imaging companies are participating in the two-year initiative: AGFA HealthCare, Eastman Kodak Company, Fuji Photo Film Company, General Electric Company, iCAD, Inc., Philips Medical Systems, Riverain Medical, and Siemens Medical Solutions.
