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

描述(由申请者提供)：美国国立卫生研究院的生物医学信息科学和技术倡议确定了对生物医学计算专业教育短期计划的需求，该计划指出，“对在生物医学和计算机方面都有良好教育的人有着非凡的需求”，但“只有几个跨学科的培训计划存在”。12年后，在取得一些进展之后，报告中描述的局势基本上没有变化。犹他大学的科学计算和成像研究所(www.sor.utah.edu)设有旨在满足生物医学计算工具和教育需求的项目。整合生物医学计算中心(CIBC，cibc.cer.utah.edu)是美国国立卫生研究院资助的一个中心，致力于创建和自由传播软件和知识，使生物医学科学家能够通过支持完整的基于图像的建模和模拟管道的计算软件。在一个平行的开发中，肌肉骨骼研究实验室(MRL，mrl.ci.utah.edu)在NIH的资助下创建了FEBio软件套件，以进行用于生物力学应用的患者专用模拟。通过将SCI研究所在过去10年中举办的1-3天的研讨会扩展为两周的课程，并在夏季举办，可能会产生更深更持久的教育影响。该计划的目标是扩大目前CIBC和MRL培训的范围，创建一个为期两周的专门课程，内容是应用于生物电学和生物力学的基于图像的建模和仿真，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。课程的具体目标是：1.以学员在数学和物理方面的现有知识为基础，在当前生物医学研究和临床实践中出现的生物电学或生物力学问题上创造特定领域的专业知识和实践经验。2.以实际用例为重点，利用免费提供的软件，向学员提供必要的数值方法、图像分析和计算工具方面的培训，以便在生物电学或整形外科生物力学方面进行端到端、基于图像的特定学科模拟。3.通过在西部山区举办课程，为来自代表性不足的团体和机构的学生提供有吸引力和有效的有凝聚力和支持性的学习环境，我们将通过旅行奖学金和使用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。在接下来的几年里，将在计划期间、之后和定期进行计划评估，以持续确定计划的有效性并提高其有效性。

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.