OSIPI Task Force 1.2: DCE/DSC software inventory

Task force aims

Create an inventory of available DCE/DSC packages

Task force description

Develop a comprehensive inventory of software packages for perfusion imaging analysis. This is aimed at end-users looking for a suitable tool to process their data. The inventory will list available tools, providing information that will help users to select a suitable tool, such as scope of application, methodology, level of validation, license policy, transparency, user-friendliness, and reviews by other users. TF 1.2 provides this for DCE/DSC software.

Task force leads

Lead

Melissa Prah
Medical College of Wisconsin
mprah@mcw.edu

Task force members

• Andrey Fedorov
  Brigham and Women's Hospital
  andrey.fedorov@gmail.com
  

• Charlotte Debus
  German Aerospace Center
  science.debusc@gmail.com
  

• Ina Kompan
  German Cancer Research Centre
  i.kompan@dkfz-heidelberg.de
  

• Ives Levesque
  McGill University Health Centre
  ives.levesque@mcgill.ca
  

• Laura Bell
  Barrow Neurological Institute
  laura.bell@barrowneuro.org
  

• Rianne van der Heijden
  Erasmus University Rotterdam
  r.a.vanderheijden@erasmusmc.nl
  

• Sudarshan Ragunathan
  Barrow Neurological Institute
  sudarshan.ragunathan@barrowneuro.org
  

• Mueez Waqar
  The University of Manchester
  mueez.waqar@manchester.ac.uk
  

Task force status

• February 2020 - Lead confirmed
• April 2020 - Co-lead confirmed
• April 2020 - Drafted 2-year roadmap
• June 2020 - Finalized 2-year roadmap
• August 2020 - Preliminary inventory of DC software
• November 2020 - Software descriptors added to DC inventory
• February 2021 - First-pass of DC inventory completed
• May 2021 - Finalized DC inventory and completed draft of software review process
• August 2021 - First version of software reveiew process completed. Digital participation interest survey completed.
• September 2021 - Digital participation interest surveys distributed. Digital software review survey created.
• Current Efforts - Awaiting survey and software review responses.

Task force members links

• Task force folder on drive - storage space for public or private documents developed by the task force.
• Task force slack channel - for discussions between task force members.
• Task force webpage backend - for information on task force progress, links to public resources, aims, membership, status, etc.

Public resources

• In Progress - Dynamic Contrast Software Inventory
• Online Survey of Participation Interest - MRI DC Perfusion Software
• Online DC Software Review - MRI DC Perfusion Software