Description of Collaborative Activity: |
MIDRC curates medical images and develops AI-ready data and AI/ML algorithms for helping with the clinical management of COVID-19 patients and the pandemic in general. As of this date, over 105,000 highly curated AI-ready COVID image-sets are already available for public access and investigation, about 200,000 more image-sets are in the pipeline, and 24 algorithms are under development. MIDRC-sponsored challenges have enhanced algorithm development. The contract was extended to a third year (ongoing) to include study patients who have suffered from longer-term symptoms of COVID. MIDRC has expanded interoperability with other NIH ICs (e.g., NCATS, NHBLI) and Argonne National Lab (DOE). An internal NIH advisory board monitors MIDRC progress along with NIBIB. MIDRC is now a national resource of curated medical images of COVID patients, ready to be used to develop clinically useful AI applications. Medical facilities in 24 US states contribute information and interact with MIDRC through the American Association of Medical Physicists, the American College of Radiology, and the Radiological Association of America. |
NIH Participating Institutes/Centers/Office of the Director: |
NCI, CC, NCATS, NHLBI, NLM |
