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- Develop a consensus on requirements for quantity assurance methods for longitudinal studies using phantom data as applied to each modality above,
- Develop a consensus on the stability of imaging platforms using repeat and longitudinal phantom measurements over the time period that therapy would be exercised,
- Develop a consensus on methods to measure the minimum change that can be measured using repeat and longitudinal patient or volunteer studies
- Provide access to results of measurements performed on these databases by each academic site to encourage a comparison on methodologies,
- Provide consensus-based juried publications to encourage a broad acceptance of the methods described above.
- Provide a resource for NCI research networks that address quantitative imaging such as the Quantitative Imaging Network QIN): http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-22511.150.html
The databases are being provided with a timely goal of 18 months time frame, namely from the time the contract was initiated and the published results within less than 2 years. The methods for data collection and analysis including results are described in the new Combined RIDER white Paper Report (Sept 2008):
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The RIDER project will be replaced when the QIN initiative is fully implemented as this research network will be tasked to create database resources collected from phase 1-3 clinical trials, where clinical outcomes will be included in the meta data: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-0811-225150.html
ACADEMIC SITE COLLECTIONS: Focus on methods for data analysis
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