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1. Develop a consensus on requirements for quantity assurance methods for longitudinal studies using phantom data as applied to each modality above,
2. Develop a consensus on the stability of imaging platforms using repeat and longitudinal phantom measurements over the time period that therapy would be exercised,
3. Develop a consensus on methods to measure the minimum change that can be measured using repeat and longitudinal patient or volunteer studies
4. Provide access to results of measurements performed on these databases by each academic site to encourage a comparison on methodologies,
5. Provide consensus-based juried publications to encourage a broad acceptance of the methods described above.
6. 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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