NCIGT Workshop on Future Directions in Image-Guided Therapy

描述（由申请人提供）：国家图像引导治疗中心（NCIGT）由NCRR、NCI和NIBIB根据U41-RR 019703拨款联合资助，是研究成像启用和增强干预措施的所有方面的国家资源。该中心的前提是，创新的图像引导介入技术的多学科发展将使有效的，微创或非侵入性治疗，不仅更经济，而且产生更好的结果。自2005年成立以来，NCIGT除了进行100多篇同行评审的出版物所证明的创新科学外，还与总部设在波士顿布里格姆妇女医院的其他研究工作合作，为IGT研究社区制定了一个强大的推广计划。这包括举办研讨会，工程系统开发的实践工作会议，临床最终用户的教程，以及一个信息丰富的网站http://www.ncigt.org。这些推广工作的目标是促进NIH资助的IGT社区内的知识交流，并允许新的个人研究者有效地利用现有的研究工作。NCIGT和NIH关于图像引导治疗未来方向的第三次联合研讨会计划于2009年10月15日至16日在马里兰州罗克维尔的罗克维尔希尔顿和行政会议中心举行。研讨会的目标是在该系列的前两个研讨会中开始的社区讨论的自然延续，并分享有关该领域未来方向的见解。本次会议将由Jolesz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。 公共卫生相关性：NCIGT和NIH关于图像引导治疗未来方向的第三次联合研讨会计划于2009年10月15日至16日在马里兰州罗克维尔的罗克维尔希尔顿和行政会议中心举行。

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.