Imaging Biomarkers (eBook)

Luis Martí-Bonmatí, MD, PhD Luis Martí-Bonmatí is radiologist and Chairman of the Clinical Area of Medical Imaging at La Fe Polytechnics and University Hospital in Valencia, Spain. He has been a member of the Executive Council and has served as Director of the Research Committee of the European Society of Radiology (ESR) from 2010 to 2013, starting the Imaging Biomarkers Subcommittee. He is currently a member of the European Imaging Biomarkers Alliance (EIBALL) and of the Scientific Council of the European Institute of Biomedical Imaging Research (EIBIR).  Martí-Bonmatí is author of a high number of publications focused on Magnetic Resonance, Clinical Radiology, the development of Imaging Biomarkers, and Engineering-supported Biomedical Research. He is currently Associate Editor of European Radiology and Radiology journals.   Angel Alberich-Bayarri, PhD Angel Alberich-Bayarri is biomedical engineer and Scientific-Technical Director at the Biomedical Imaging Research Group (GIBI230) at La Fe Polytechnics University Hospital. He has worked in the development of several algorithms for Imaging Biomarkers analysis that promoted the creation of the start-up QUIBIM (Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers in Medicine), focused in the creation of a platform for the analysis of Imaging Biomarkers.  He is member of the board of the European Society of Medical Imaging Informatics (EUSOMII) and of the e-Health and Informatics Subcommittee of the European Society of Radiology (ESR). Alberich-Bayarri is authors of several publications in the field of imaging biomarkers. He received the MIT Innovators Under 35 award in 2015.

1.          The shift in paradigm to precision medicine in imaging2.          International initiatives for the promotion of imaging biomarkers3.          Introduction to the stepwise development of imaging biomarkers4.          Defining the biological basis and clinical question: proof of concept5.          Looking for the inter-relationship: proof of mechanism6.          Images acquisition: modality and protocol definition7.          Images preparation: 8.          Imaging biomarkers analysis9.          Imaging biomarkers measurements 10.      Detecting measurement biases: the proof of principle11.      Validating the imaging biomarker: the proof of efficacy and effectiveness12.      The final step: Reporting imaging biomarkers results13.      Sources of uncertainty: accuracy and precision of the measurements14.      Pearls and pitfalls in Gold stantards and biological correlation15.      Imaging biobanks, big data and population-based imaging biomarkers16.      A proposed Imaging Biomarkers analysis platform architecture for integration in clinics17.      Use case I: Imaging biomarkers in neurodegenerative disease18.      Use case II: Imaging biomarkers in tumours19.      Use case III: Imaging biomarkers in thorax and heart 20.      Use case IV: Imaging biomarkers in musculoskeletal disorders21.      Use case V: Imaging biomarkers in diffuse liver disease