1. NA-MIC National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org Isomics, Inc. Steve Pieper

2. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org Who are we – people Engineering (Core 2 Applications) –Steve Pieper (Site PI) –Alex Yarmarkovich Dissemination (Core 6) –Tina Kapur (BWH, Co-PI) –Steve Pieper (Co-PI) Iowa Collaboration Grant –Curtis Lisle (KnowledgeVis, LLC) CT Segmentation for Ultrasound SBIR –Kilian Pohl

3. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org Who are we – historical Pieper –MIT PhD (Media Lab, Plastic Surgery Simulation); 8 years MMS CTO (CT Segmentation, Surgery Systems); 5 years with Ron/SPL on Slicer, BIRN, NA-MIC, NAC, etc. Kapur –MIT PhD (AI, segmentation); VTI/GE (Surgical Navigation); BWH (since Sept 2006) Executive Director of NCIGT, NA-MIC Core 6 Co-PI Yarmarkovich –Moscow PhD (Dynamic Systems); Industry (AVS, Visualization, Analysis); ½ time NA-MIC, also Dental Modeling Startup Pohl –MIT PhD (CSAIL, segmentation); Working part-time at BWH and part time for Isomics SBIR on ultrasound fusion Lisle –PhD UCF (Simulation, Visualization); SGI Custom Consulting; VTK and Slicer for NIH Projects

4. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org What do we contribute – Core2 Slicer Development –Slicer 2.x maintenance and training –Slicer 3 design and implementation “Application Focus” in Core 2 –Communicate user needs to Cores 1 and 2 –Slicer as testing ground for NA-MIC Kit tools meant to be used in other applications –Synergistic with Dissemination Role

5. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org What do we contribute – Core6 Getting the “NA-MIC Message” to a broader community –Workshops –Collaborations –Publications Internal Dissemination –Helping the Alliance stay in sync

6. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org How do we fit with NA-MIC Many, Many ties with NA-MIC Participants –SPL: NAC, mBIRN, fBIRN, NCIGT, R01s… –Collaborations: UIowa (funded), Northwestern (resubmission this round), Berkeley (1 st submission this round), JHU (in planning stages) –SBIR, DARPA, NSF and other cross-site activities

7. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org 2006 Review Slicer3, Slicer3, Slicer3, … Kickoff of Iowa Meshing Collaboration Slicer2.6

8. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org 2007 Plans Slicer3 clean up, release, maintenance Help Create Training Materials –End Users –Command Line Module Developers –Interactive Module Developers Begin to disseminate Slicer3

9. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org Goals for Isomics in NA-MIC Make the NA-MIC Kit a “must have” software package for any Medical Image Computing Developer/Researcher/User Ensure NA-MIC Kit is suitable for use in clinically applicable medical products Promote the NA-MIC Community as the leaders in Medical Image Computing