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

描述（由申请人提供）：需要专门的教育短期计划在生物医学计算是由美国国立卫生研究院的生物医学信息科学和技术倡议，其中指出了“对人的特殊需求，在生物医学和计算良好的教育”，但“只有少数跨学科的培训计划存在”。12年过去了，在取得一些进展之后，报告所述的情况基本上没有改变。 犹他州大学的科学计算和成像（SCI）研究所（www.sci.utah.edu）提供各种项目，旨在满足生物医学计算工具和教育的需求。综合生物医学计算中心（CIBC，cibc.sci.utah.edu）是NIH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。在一个平行的发展中，肌肉骨骼研究实验室（MRL，mrl.sci.utah.edu）在NIH的资助下创建了FEBio软件套件，以进行生物力学应用的患者特定模拟。 通过将SCI研究所在过去10年中开展的为期1-3天的研讨会扩展到为期两周的课程，并在夏季举行，可以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，在应用于生物电和生物力学的基于图像的建模和仿真领域创建一个为期两周的专用课程，为具有数学，物理和计算机科学背景的学生提供独特的机会，将计算应用于生物医学科学。具体目标是1.建立在数学和物理参与者的现有知识，以创建在当前生物医学研究和临床实践中出现的生物电或生物力学问题的领域特定的专业知识和实践经验。2.非常重视实际用例，为参与者提供数值方法，图像分析和计算工具的培训，这些工具是使用免费软件在生物电或骨科生物力学中进行端到端，基于图像的特定主题模拟所必需的。3.通过在山间西部举办课程，促进一个有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有吸引力和有效性，我们将通过旅行奖学金和获得预先配置的便携式计算机来支持他们的参与。 为了最大限度地扩大这一独特课程的影响，并为无法参加的学员，将利用基于互联网的传播和媒体工具，提供持久的访问课程内容。在今后几年中，将在项目期间、项目之后和定期进行项目评估，以不断确定项目的有效性并加以加强。

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.