AIUM/QIBA Ultrasound Volume Blood Flow Biomarker Ctte

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

Secretary: Kathi Minton, MA, RDMS, RDCS, FAIUM (AIUM)

Roster: (Roster)

Project Snapshot

The AIUM/QIBA Ultrasound Volume Blood Flow Biomarker Committee seeks to develop a quantitative imaging profile for Volume Blood Flow imaging. This effort is supported by AIUM, using the QIBA Process for Profile development.

Under consideration:

Meetings/Call Summaries/Roster

• Volume Blood Flow Call Summaries
• Roster

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 File:VolFlowUS QIBA BiomarkerProposal.pdf

General Vendor Announcement File:GeneralVendorAnnouncement.pdf

Kidney transplant paper showing geometries (Gao 2009) File:TransplantRAS-JG2009.pdf

Accuracy of Volumetric Flow Rate Measurements - An In Vitro Study Using Modern Ultrasound Scanners (Hoyt 2009) File:Hoyt JUM 2009.pdf

QIBA Patent Disclosure Policy (27 March 2015) File:QIBA Patent Disclosure Policy-27March2015.pdf