MedIX: MEDical Informatics eXperiences in Undergraduate Research

拟议的REU站点位于医学信息学领域，将解决与电子病历环境中图像数据的工作流驱动获取相关的问题，以及随后的图像信息后处理，以提高该信息消费者（特别是放射科医生）的准确性和效率。特别强调使用计算机视觉和数据挖掘技术的计算机断层扫描（CT）图像的分割、纹理分析、分类和注释。由于许多少数民族在计算机科学（CS）部门的代表性明显不足，因此主要的教育目标是促进聪明，有才华的本科生的研究生学习-特别是第一代大学生和历史上在精确科学领域代表性不足的群体的本科生。此外，由于对在医学信息学和计算机科学交叉领域找到职业机会的个人的需求远远超过了目前的供应，第二个教育目标是促进和鼓励计算机科学和医学信息学的跨学科本科学习。MedIX（本科研究中的医学信息学经验）REUsite项目将持续三个夏季，每年夏季有八名学生参加，分别在德保罗大学智能多媒体处理实验室和西北大学范伯格医学院成像信息学实验室进行为期10周的研究。

The proposed REU site is in the area of Medical Informatics and will addressissues related to the workflow driven acquisition of image data in anelectronic medical record environment, and the subsequent post-processing ofthe image information to improve the accuracy and efficiency of theconsumers of this information, notably radiologists. In particular,segmentation, texture analysis, classification and annotation of computedtomography (CT) images using computer vision and data mining techniques willbe emphasized.Since many racial minorities are significantly underrepresented in computerscience (CS) departments, the primary educational objective is to promotegraduate studies for bright, talented undergraduates - especiallyfirst-generation college students and undergraduates from groupshistorically underrepresented in exact sciences. Furthermore, since thedemand for individuals who see their career opportunities at theintersection between Medical Informatics and CS far outstrips the currentsupply, the second educational objective is to promote and encourageinterdisciplinary undergraduate studies in computer science and medicalinformatics.The MedIX (MEDical Informatics eXperiences in undergraduate research) REUsite will run for three summers, with eight student participants spending 10weeks each summer doing research both at DePaul University, IntelligentMultimedia Processing Laboratory and Northwestern University, FeinbergSchool of Medicine, Imaging Informatics Laboratory.