Image Based Modeling, Simulation, and Visualization Summer Course for Biomedical

描述（由申请人提供）：美国国立卫生研究院的生物医学信息科学与技术计划确定了对生物医学计算专业教育短期项目的需求，该计划指出“对生物医学和计算方面受过良好教育的人的需求非常大”，但“只有少数跨学科培训项目存在”。12年后，在取得了一些进展之后，报告中描述的情况基本上没有改变。犹他大学的科学计算与成像（SCI）研究所（www.sci.utah.edu）设有旨在满足生物医学计算工具和教育需求的项目。综合生物医学计算中心（CIBC, cibc.sci.utah.edu）是美国国立卫生研究院资助的一个中心，致力于创建和免费传播软件和知识，使生物医学科学家能够通过计算软件支持完整的基于图像的建模和仿真管道。与此同时，肌肉骨骼研究实验室（MRL, mrl.sci.utah.edu）在美国国立卫生研究院的资助下创建了FEBio软件套件，用于对生物力学应用进行患者特异性模拟。通过将过去10年SCI研究所开展的1-3天的研讨会扩大到两周的课程，并在夏季举办，可能会产生更深刻和持久的教育影响。该计划的目标是扩大目前CIBC和MRL培训的范围，创建一个专门的为期两周的基于图像的建模和仿真应用于生物电和生物力学领域的课程，为具有数学，物理和计算机科学背景的学生提供一个独特的机会，将计算应用于生物医学科学。具体目标是：1。建立在现有的数学和物理知识的参与者创造特定领域的专业知识和实践经验，生物电或生物力学问题出现在当前的生物医学研究和临床实践。2. 重点强调实际用例，为参与者提供数值方法，图像分析和计算工具方面的培训，这些工具是使用免费软件进行端到端，基于图像的生物电或骨科生物力学主题特定模拟所必需的。3. 通过在山间西部举办课程，促进一个凝聚力和支持性的学习环境，对来自代表性不足的群体和机构的学生具有吸引力和有效性，我们将通过旅行奖学金和预先配置的便携式计算机来支持他们的参与。为了最大限度地发挥这一独特课程的影响，对于无法参加的参与者，将使用基于互联网的传播和媒体工具来提供持久的课程内容。在项目期间、之后以及在接下来的几年中定期进行项目评估，以不断确定项目的有效性并加强其有效性。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The need for dedicated educational short programs in biomedical computing was identified by the Biomedical Information Science and Technology Initiative at the NIH, which stated an "extraordinary demand for people with good education in both biomedicine and computing" but "only a few cross-disciplinary training programs exist". Twelve years later and after some progress, the situation described in the report is essentially unchanged. The Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute at the University of Utah (www.sci.utah.edu) houses programs that seek to meet the need for tools and education in biomedical computing. The Center for Integrative Biomedical Computing (CIBC, cibc.sci.utah.edu), an NIH funded center is dedicated to creating and freely disseminating software and knowledge that will enable biomedical scientists through computation software that supports a complete image based modeling and simulation pipeline. In a parallel development, the Musculoskeletal Research Laboratories (MRL, mrl.sci.utah.edu) have created under NIH funding the FEBio software suite to carry out patient specific simulations for biomechanical applications. By expanding 1-3 days workshops carried out by the SCI Institute over the past 10 years to a two weeks course, and holding it during the summer, a much deeper and lasting educational impact is possible. The goal of this proposed program is to expand the scope of current CIBC and MRL training to create a dedicated two-week course in the area of image based modeling and simulation applied to bioelectricity and biomechanics, providing a unique opportunity for students with background in mathematics, physics, and computer science to apply computing to biomedical science. The specific aims are to 1. Build on the existing knowledge of the participants in mathematics and physics to create field specific expertise and hands-on experience in bioelectric or biomechanical problems that arise in current biomedical research and clinical practice. 2. With a strong emphasis on practical use cases, provide participants with training in the numerical methods, image analysis, and computational tools necessary to carry out end-to-end, image based, subject specific simulations in bioelectricity or orthopedic biomechanics, using freely available software. 3. By hosting the course in the Intermountain West, facilitate a cohesive and supportive learning environment, attractive and effective for students from underrepresented groups and institutions, whose participation we will support through travel fellowships and access to pre-configured, portable computers. To maximize the impact of this unique curriculum, and for participants unable to attend, Internet based dissemination and media tools will be used to provide lasting access to the course content. Program evaluation during, after, and at regular intervals over the following years will be pursued to continuously determine effectiveness of the program and enhance it.