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The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) is a national clinical cooperative group that has been funded by the National Cancer Institute since 1968. Its aim is to improve survival and quality of life for patients diagnosed with cancer. The scope of RTOG encompasses all major cancer disease sites. Conducting research in the cooperative group setting requires a set of minimum standards and consistency; this is particularly relevant in the realm of technological assessment and innovation. In the re-organization of the cooperative groups as well as in the quality-assurance support groups, there are unique challenges regarding data acquisition and database infrastructure, as well as access to data. Data mining and analytical research remain crucial to achieving RTOG goals.
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Dr. Ying Xiao is professor of radiation oncology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. She is also a medical physicist certified by the American Board of Radiology and was recently elected a fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. Dr. Xiao is now the core laboratory physicist of RTOG and chairs the RTOG bioinformatics group.
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Pathology, as a diagnostic specialty, is well along in its adoption and use of digital images for routine clinical workflow, research and education. However, with an anticipated deluge of image-based data, combined with the reality that many scientists within the collective domains of pathology and its affiliated life sciences specialties are largely unprepared to manage such large digital repositories, there emerges a challenge to make best use of this data. This presentation will highlight several promising areas of digital image algorithm development that can help to span the divide between life scientist and imaging informaticist, with a focus on actual workflow models. Session details ... |
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Dr. Ulysses G. J. Balis is Associate Professor of Pathology and Director of the Division of Pathology Informatics in the Department of Pathology at the University of Michigan Medical School. Dr. Balis is a member of numerous professional societies including the Association for Pathology Informatics of which he was a founding member, served as Vice-President and is currently President-Elect. While at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), he developed and implemented a barcode tracking system for Anatomic Pathology Workflow. Dr. Balis has numerous publications in peer reviewed journals and has served as an invited speaker nationally and internationally in the area of informatics.
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Topic: The Promises and Challenges of Digital Imaging As Applied to Pathology
Speaker: Dr. Ulysses G.J. Balis
Date: Wednesday, August 8Topic: Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) BioInformatics
Speaker: Dr. Ying Xiao
Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Time: 11 AM – 12 PM Location: 2115 E. Jefferson St. Room 6033
Teleconference Information: 888-790-3440
Passcode: 7560
Adobe Connect Information: http://cbiit.adobeconnect.com/cbiitspeaker
Presentation: The presentation will be available for viewing after the event here on our wiki Speaker Series Videos page and on the NCI Events YouTube Channel
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About the NCI CBIIT Speaker Series:
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT) Speaker Series is a bi-weekly knowledge-sharing forum featuring both internal and external speakers on topics of interest to the biomedical informatics and research communities. For additional information, including past speaker series presentations, visit https://wiki.nci.nih.gov/x/K4i4Aw.the CBIIT Speaker Series page.
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