NCIGT Workshop on Future Directions in Image-Guided Therapy

描述（由申请人提供）：国家影像引导治疗中心（NCIGT），由NCRR、NCI和NIBIB联合资助，拨款为U41-RR019703，是一个国家资源，用于研究由影像激活和增强的干预措施的各个方面。该中心的前提是，创新的图像引导干预技术的多学科发展将使有效的、侵入性较小或无侵入性的治疗不仅更经济，而且产生更好的结果。自2005年成立以来，NCIGT不仅开展了100多篇同行评议出版物所展示的创新科学，还与总部设在波士顿布里格姆妇女医院的其他研究机构合作，为IGT研究界制定了强有力的外展计划。这包括举办研讨会，工程系统开发的实际工作会议，临床最终用户教程，以及在http://www.ncigt.org上提供信息的网站。这些拓展工作的目标是促进NIH资助的IGT社区内的知识交流，并允许新的个体研究者有效地利用现有的研究成果。NCIGT和NIH计划于2009年10月15日至16日在马里兰州Rockville的Rockville Hilton和行政会议中心举行第三次关于图像引导治疗未来方向的联合研讨会。研讨会的目标是自然地延续前两次研讨会中开始的社区讨论，并分享该领域未来方向的见解。本次会议将由joolesz博士主持，我们预计约有200名与会者，包括学术界的杰出成员，初级教师，博士后研究员，学生，以及对图像引导干预领域感兴趣的行业和联邦机构的代表。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The National Center for Image Guided Therapy (NCIGT), funded jointly by NCRR, NCI, and NIBIB under grant U41-RR019703, serves as a national resource for all aspects of research into interventions enabled and enhanced by imaging. The center is based on the premise that multidisciplinary development of innovative image-guided intervention technologies will enable effective, less invasive or non invasive treatments that are not only more economical, but also produce better outcomes. In addition to conducting innovative science as demonstrated by 100+ peer reviewed publications since its inception in 2005, NCIGT has developed a strong outreach program for the IGT research community in collaboration with other research efforts head-quartered at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. This includes hosting workshops, hands-on working meetings for engineering system development, tutorials for clinical end0users, and an informative website at http://www.ncigt.org. The goal of these outreach efforts is to facilitate the exchange of knowledge within the NIH funded IGT community and to allow new individual investigators to efficiently leverage existing research efforts. The third joint workshop by NCIGT and NIH on Future Directions in Image-Guided Therapy is being planned for October 15-16, 2009, at the Rockville Hilton and Executive Meeting Center in Rockville, MD. The goal of the workshop is a natural continuation of the community discussion started in the first two workshops in the series and to share insights about future directions of the field. This meeting will be chaired by Dr. Jolesz and we expect approximately 200 attendees including distinguished members of the academia, junior faculty, postdoctoral research fellows, students, as well as representatives from industry and federal agencies interested in the field of image-guided interventions. Public Health Relevance: The third joint workshop by NCIGT and NIH on Future Directions in Image-Guided Therapy is being planned for October 15-16, 2009, at the Rockville Hilton and Executive Meeting Center in Rockville, MD.