About QIBA

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WHO IS QIBA®?

RSNA’s Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers Alliance (QIBA®) stakeholders include:

  • clinical research community
  • imaging equipment manufacturers
  • pharmaceutical industry
  • government agencies
  • medical informatics companies

QIBA stakeholders ensure quantitative imaging results are:

  • Consistent
  • Achievable
  • Reliable
  • Validated

THE IMPORTANCE OF QUANTITATIVE IMAGING (QI)

QI develops, standardizes, and optimizes:

  • Anatomical, functional, and molecular imaging acquisition protocols
  • Data analyses
  • Display methods
  • Reporting structures
  • Who is QIBA?
  • Why is QI important?

QIBA’s® ROLE

  • Efficient and validated methods for quantifying biomedical imaging results are required for optimal patient care, clinical research, and new therapy development.
  • QIBA accelerates the development and adoption of hardware and software standards needed to achieve accurate and reproducible, quantitative (measurable) results from imaging methods.


Clinical Decisions from Quantitative Imaging

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-Diagram courtesy of Mr. Kevin O’Donnell, MASc, QIBA® Process Committee Co-chair