IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CENTER

我们正在申请资金，在图像引导的地方建立一个国家生物医学资源中心 在布里格姆妇女医院接受治疗(IGT)。IGT中心在此基础上提出 应用程序将为临床研究人员提供一个独特的、集中的基础设施，BioMedica！ 促进和推进IGT方法和相关临床的工程师和基础科学家 申请。我们将在五个方面开发和应用新的创新技术。 核心项目：1)计算核心；2)成像核心；3)核磁共振引导治疗 核心；4)图像引导神经外科核心；5)聚焦超声治疗 核心。这些关键的研究计划代表了 资源。预计它们将对未来的几种IGT方法和临床产生重大影响 申请；并将联合10支内部部队和7支外部部队，独立供资 针对IGT的各种基本技术或临床方面的协作。这些收藏品 科学工作包括开发图像处理和显示工具(3D切片器， 交互和自适应平台、高性能计算)；动态和自适应MR 成像方法；新的治疗技术(MRI引导的聚焦超声)；图像引导 机器人；以及从脑瘤手术到前列腺干预的几个临床应用。全 IGT的开发和应用程序将在现场与我们的合作者一起测试，或在分布式环境中测试 直接作为对不断增长的IGT社区的服务。我们的首要目标是创建一个 是全国性的，通过培训有效地覆盖了广泛的选民群体 这一资源中正在开发的新技术和方法的研究和传播。

We are requesting funds to establish a national Biomedical Resource Center in Image-guided Therapy (IGT) at the Brigham & Women's Hospital. The IGT Center proposed undejr this application will provide a unique, centralized infrastructure for clinical investigators, biomedica! engineers, and basic scientists in promoting and advancing IGT methods and related clinical applications. We will develop and make available new innovative technologies in five discreteTRD Core Projects: 1) the Computational Core; 2) the Imaging Core; 3) the MRI-guided Therapy Core; 4) the Image-Guided Neurosurgery Core; and 5) the Focused Ultrasound Therapy Core. These key research initiatives represent the technical and clinical infrastructure of the Resource. They are anticipated to have significant effecton several future IGT methods and clinical applications; and will combine forces with 10 internal and 7 external, independently funded Collaborations that address various essential technical or clinical aspects of IGT. Thesecollective scientific efforts include the development of image processing and display tools (3D Slicer, interactive and adaptive platforms, high performance computing); dynamic and adaptive MR imaging methods; novel therapy techniques (MRI-guided focused ultrasound); image-guided robotics; and several clinical applications from brain tumor surgery to prostate interventions. All IGT developments and applications will be tested either on site with our collaborators, ordistributed directly as a service to the growing IGT community. Our overarching goal is to create a Center that is national in character reaching effectively across a broad range of constituencies throughtraining in and dissemination of the novel technologies and methods under development in this Resource.