The HIRO has three principal responsibilities, each of which defines the primary function of a separate operational team: (1) coordinating the acquisition of imaging data for clinical trials and research studies in a manner consistent with the research protocol, (2) providing assessment and measurement of disease response for clinical trials in a consistent and coherent manner, and (3) managing an
d distributing clinical image data for research studies in an IRB- and HIPAA-compliant manner. Our Teams
The Image Acquisition Team is responsible for coordinating any issues related to the planning and ex*****on of research-related human imaging. This includes protocol preparation and review with the principal investigator and his/her team, imaging protocol coordination with clinical and research radiology staff, scan scheduling and billing coordination, resource and data management, and quality assurance. The Image Measurement and Analysis Team is responsible for providing investigators with tumor and lesion measurement data in a consistent and efficient manner. This includes ensuring that measurements are made in accordance with the study protocol's specific requirements (e.g., RECIST), providing consistent measurements for follow-up scans, and ensuring that required measurement data is completed and delivered in a timely fashion. The Image Collection and Database Team is responsible for providing researchers with "de-identified" (or "anonymized") consented patient information and medical images for use in biomedical research. The image collection team interacts with the acquisition team as well to provide support and data delivery services for prospective clinical trials, and it is involved with several data mining projects with the Radiology Informatics team. This team also provides medical images and related data to the Center for Research Informatics's CRDW Team in support of data requests when needed.
