Informatics Support for Quantitative Imaging: Nov. 27, 2pm-3:30pm

This refresher course assesses the challenges and opportunities of quantitative imaging and considers how informatics can enable and improve quantitative imaging. It also explores radiogenomics and introduces the National Cancer Institute’s Quantitative Imaging Network and the potential role of imaging as a biomarker.

When: Sun., Nov. 27, 2:00 to 3:30
Where: E353A

Speaker Information:

Daniel L. Rubin, MD, assistant professor, radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif.
Mia Levy, MD, Cancer CIO, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tenn.
Robert J. Gillies, PhD, director, molecular and functional imaging, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Fla.
Laurence P. Clarke, PhD, imaging technology development branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md.

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