Research Imaging in an Academic Medical Center
Research Imaging in an Academic Medical Center
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DOI：
10.1016/j.acra.2012.02.002
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发表时间：
2012-06-01
影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Giger, Maryellen L.
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作者：
Armato, Samuel G., III;Gruszauskas, Nicholas P.;Giger, Maryellen L.
理论基础和目标：管理和监督为学术医学中心的临床研究进行的复杂的影像检查可能是一项艰巨的任务。与放射科和研究人员协调，确保根据研究方案执行、分析和交付必要的成像是非常重要的。本通讯的目的是报告在我们机构建立一个新的人体成像研究办公室(HIRO)的情况，该办公室提供专门的基础设施来协助解决这些问题，并加强放射科和研究人员之间的合作。材料和方法：HIRO的创建有三个主要职责：1)根据研究方案协调临床研究图像的获取，2)促进临床研究对疾病反应的可靠和一致的评估，3)合规地管理和分发临床研究图像。结果：HIRO目前为我科14个科室的191项临床研究提供帮助，并对6项临床研究进行基于图像的测量质量评估。HIRO已经完成了1806个医学影像请求，为研究人员提供了81712次影像检查(超过4410万张)和相关报告。结论：HIRO的最终目标是提高调查人员、研究对象、放射科医生和其他影像专业人员的满意度和互动水平。使用Hiro的临床研究从更高效和更准确的成像过程中受益。其他学术医学中心可以采用Hiro模式来支持他们的临床研究活动；实施细节可能因机构而异，但通过一个专门的、集中的倡议来支持临床研究中的成像的需要应该适用于大多数学术医学中心。
Rationale and Objectives: Managing and supervising the complex imaging examinations performed for clinical research in an academic medical center can be a daunting task. Coordinating with both radiology and research staff to ensure that the necessary imaging is performed, analyzed, and delivered in accordance with the research protocol is nontrivial. The purpose of this communication is to report on the establishment of a new Human Imaging Research Office (HIRO) at our institution that provides a dedicated infrastructure to assist with these issues and improve collaborations between radiology and research staff.Materials and Methods: The HIRO was created with three primary responsibilities: 1) coordinate the acquisition of images for clinical research per the study protocol, 2) facilitate reliable and consistent assessment of disease response for clinical research, and 3) manage and distribute clinical research images in a compliant manner.Results: The HIRO currently provides assistance for 191 clinical research studies from 14 sections and departments within our medical center and performs quality assessment of image-based measurements for six clinical research studies. The HIRO has fulfilled 1806 requests for medical images, delivering 81,712 imaging examinations (more than 44.1 million images) and related reports to investigators for research purposes.Conclusions: The ultimate goal of the HIRO is to increase the level of satisfaction and interaction among investigators, research subjects, radiologists, and other imaging professionals. Clinical research studies that use the HIRO benefit from a more efficient and accurate imaging process. The HIRO model could be adopted by other academic medical centers to support their clinical research activities; the details of implementation may differ among institutions, but the need to support imaging in clinical research through a dedicated, centralized initiative should apply to most academic medical centers.