QA4IQI

QA4IQI: Quality Assessment for Interoperable Quantitative CT-Imaging

https://www.sphn.ch/en/projects/infrastructure-development-projects.html

Medical images form one of the corner stones of diagnosis for various conditions. They provide not only non-invasive visual observations but also allow quantitative measurements of size and tissue texture. Similar to most measurement devices, such as a simple ruler, medical imaging devices also need to be calibrated. While calibration for geometric measurements and tissue density are commonly performed, features that quantify more complex characteristics are often neglected. For example, tissue heterogeneity is correlated with aggressiveness in various cancer types. Quantitative metrics that measure heterogeneity are not currently considered during calibration, which makes medical imaging difficult to use as a measurement tool. This project aims to close this gap.

The proposed project aims to build infrastructure crucial for integrating imaging data in research in personalised health and translating advanced image computing techniques to clinical practice. It will aid the establishment of both an automated imaging quality assessment and quantitative parameter extraction pipeline. In this fashion, unstructured imaging data can automatically be transformed in structured, imaging-derived quantitative parameters.

Publications

Project members

  • HES-SO
  • USB
  • ETHZ
  • CHUV
  • Insel Spital
  • USZ

Team members

Acknowledgments

This project is part of the Infrastructure development projects from the Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN)