AIUM/QIBA Ultrasound Volume Blood Flow Biomarker Ctte

Co-chairs: J. Brian Fowlkes, PhD; James Jago, PhD; Oliver D. Kripfgans, PhD

AIUM Staff Support: Therese Cooper, BS, RDMS (AIUM)

Roster

Project Snapshot

Develop a quantitative imaging profile for Volume Blood Flow imaging.

This effort is supported by AIUM, using the QIBA Process for Profile development.

Meetings

• Volume Blood Flow Call Summaries

Profile Development

• 2016-10-20 QIBA Phantom Specifications

Historical Background - Formation of the Group

AIUM 2015

• A joint QIBA / AIUM Ultrasound Meeting was held at the recent AIUM 2015 Annual Convention on Tuesday, March 24th between 10:30 - 12:45 pm ET to discuss selection of a new biomarker effort for Ultrasound.
• The group discussed proposals for selection of a quantitative imaging technology and clinical target to recommend for a joint QIBA/AIUM effort to develop a quantitative ultrasound imaging biomarker profile.
• Below are meeting minutes and supporting presentations from this meeting for reference:

Meeting Minutes:

• 03 24 2015 QIBA - AIUM Joint Biomarker Meeting Minutes

Presentations and Reports from March 24, 2015 session:

• Spatial Volume Measurements - Liver Tumor Volume Estimation - presented by Dr. Garra (Washington DC VA Medical Center / FDA)
• Summary of DCE-US - presented by Dr. Fowlkes (University of Michigan)
• Functional and Structural Imaging with Microbubble Contrast Agents - presented by Dr. Eckersley (King's College, London)
• QUS-­Based Cancer Detection in Human Lymph Nodes - presented by Dr. Mamou (Riverside Research Institute, NY)
• Carotid Volume Flow - presented by Dr. J. Rubin (University of Michigan)
• SHAPE as a Screening Tool for Portal Hypertension - presented by Dr. Forsberg (Thomas Jefferson University)

Reference Materials

• Original Proposal to the QIBA Steering Committee

• General Vendor Announcement

• Kidney transplant paper showing geometries (Gao 2009)

• Accuracy of Volumetric Flow Rate Measurements - An In Vitro Study Using Modern Ultrasound Scanners (Hoyt 2009)

• QIBA Patent Disclosure Policy (27 March 2015)

• QIBA RSNA Poster (2016)

• QIBA RSNA Poster (2017)

QIBA Funded Projects

Round 6

• Project (W) Examination of Flow Phantom as Reference Standard for Validation of Ultrasound Volume Blood Flow Measurement (University of Michigan)