Special Opportunities for Group Members
In addition to accumulating ViewPoints each time you participate in a study, members of the Imaging Special Interest Group will be offered paid opportunities to participate in exclusive teleconferences with other experts in the field, be selected to preview new technologies before they are released, have your research profiled on the SAB homepage and help write articles, questionnaires and reports on hot topics in your area of imaging. In addition, group members will receive special access to summaries of our findings, a moderated discussion forum and/or email listserv, and special prize drawings.
Who Can Join
If your research or clinical practice involves the capture, analysis, storage or transmission of biological images your opinions will be absolutely vital to the advancement of new imaging technologies and applications. In addition to those with “hands-on” experience with various imaging modalities, we are especially interested in hearing from experts in bioinformatics, medical informatics, and information technology.
Privacy Policy
Per our standing policy, results of our studies will only be reported in aggregate and your personal information will NEVER be released to any third-party. We will NEVER try to sell you a product or service of any kind.
Reasons to Form The Imaging Special Interest Group
Morphological observations have driven the course of medicine since the first microscope was built in the 16th century. But the evolution of powerful diagnostic imaging tools (CT, MRI, PET, SPECT, Ultrasound) is changing the practice of medicine. Functional molecular imaging, image-guided minimally invasive procedures, and pharmacotherapeutic imaging are just some of the exciting developments occurring today.
We are witnessing a convergence of these technologies with genomic information being generated in labs around the world. By studying the mechanism, specificity, and regulation of genomic processes, scientists are increasingly confident that in the future, diseases will be characterized by their molecular abnormality, not by the organ of origin.
Genomic technologies coupled with imaging and computational advances are leading to an information revolution in medicine. The integration of information technology and basic science has revolutionizing the drug discovery process and will enable the development of more personalized, targeted treatments. Simulations of molecular processes in cells and predictions of drug effects in humans will advance pharmaceutical research and speed up clinical trials. Image-guided non-invasive or minimally invasive imaging procedures will provide the information needed to make molecular diagnoses or track the effects of targeted therapies at the molecular level in patients.
Realizing the potential of these converging technologies will depend upon end-users like you sharing your experiences and influencing the development of new approaches to solve common problems. For example, the Imaging Special Interest Group will participate in upcoming studies on topics such as:
- The integration and fusion of information and images from multiple modalities
- Defining a larger role for image-guidance and monitoring of interventional techniques
- The need to expand imaging beyond representations of anatomy to include physiological, quantitative and dynamic information
- How best to integrate imaging and molecular biology technologies, e.g., detection of delivery of genetic probes, targeted delivery of genetic material, etc.;
- The use of computers in image analysis and decision support.
Questions? Please contact Lena Zappia at imagingSIG@scienceboard.net
