SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION

科学可视化和图像分析(SVIA)核心在UCCRC中发挥着重要作用；其 服务有助于促进协作，使映像可供中的许多其他计划使用 UCRRC。核心提供三项基本服务：高性能计算机集群、大型 数据存储资源，以及便于数据库开发的软件。2007年， 核心的计算能力将使用最近授予共享的资金进行升级 美国国立卫生研究院的仪器助学金。新系统将拥有128个CPU和14TB的存储空间。 核心通过提供一种收集已确认身份的数据的方法来促进患者数据数据库的开发 患者记录，包括图像数据。由于图像是以这样的方式收集的 标识被移除，研究人员不需要征得患者同意，他们的研究是HIPAA 顺从。如果没有这项服务，收集患者图像将极其困难和耗时。 通过这种方式收集了近4000例患者病例(679 GB)。所有这些用户都是 从事计算机辅助诊断研究，但核心也支持图像研究 重建、磁共振成像和光谱学、电子顺磁成像和接收器操作 特征(ROC)分析。虽然Svia Core的大多数用户来自高级成像 计划，核心的使用促进了与其他计划成员的合作，例如 癌症风险和预防计划。Svia Core的未来计划包括支持扩展 高级成像计划，以促进医学成像专家和 其他计划中的成员。实现这一点的一种方法是创建由 UCCRC成员可使用的高级成像计划的成员。我们的目标是拥有 非成像专家与高级成像计划成员合作申请或修改 解决或帮助解决基础生物科学或临床医学中的问题的现有软件。

The Scientific Visualization and Image Analysis (SVIA) Core plays an important role in the UCCRC; its services help to promote collaborations that allow imaging to be used by a number of other programs in the UCRRC. The Core provides three essential services: a high performance computer cluster, a large data storage resource, and software to facilitate the development of databases. In 2007, the computation capabilities of the Core will be upgraded using funds from a recently awarded Shared Instrumentation Grant from the NIH. The new system will have 128 CPUs and 14 TBytes of storage. The Core facilitates the development of databases of patient data by providing a means to collect deidentified patient records, including image data. Since the image is collected in such a way that patient identifiers are removed, researchers do not need to obtain patient consent, and their research is HIPAA compliant. Without this service, collecting patient images would be extremely difficult and timeconsuming. Nearly 4000 patient cases (679 GBytes) were collected in this way. All of these users are conducting research on computer-aided diagnosis, but the Core also supports research on image reconstruction, MR imaging and spectroscopy, electron paramagnetic imaging, and receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. While most users of the SVIA Core are from the Advanced Imaging Program, the use of the Core facilitates collaborations with members of other Programs, such as the Cancer Risk and Prevention Program. The SVIA Core's future plans include supporting the expansion of the Advanced Imaging Program to promote collaboration between experts in medical imaging and members in other programs. One way this will be done is to create a list of software developed by members of the Advanced Imaging Program that is available to UCCRC members. The goal is to have non-imaging experts team up with members of the Advanced Imaging Program to apply or modify existing software to solve or help solve problems in the basic biological sciences or in clinical medicine.