RSNA 2004 Call for Demos

The National Library of Medicine and Internet2 are collaborating to create a set of tutorials and demonstrations of high-performance networking technology and its future applications in the healthcare arena. These tutorials and demos will be featured at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), which will take place in Chicago from November 28 to December 3, 2004.

About RSNA
The annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) will take place in Chicago from November 28 to December 3, 2004. Around 30,000 radiologists, healthcare administrators, technologists and scientists, plus another 30,000 imaging and information system vendors from all over the world, are expected to attend RSNA 2004—making it one of the world's largest medical meetings. RSNA supports the exchange of scientific progress in radiology, radiological education, and in the integration of information and communication systems in radiology practice.

About infoRAD
The annual meeting provides workshops, training, and conference sessions for health professionals. In addition, nearly 500,000 square feet of exhibit space feature product demonstrations and a broad range of exhibits. The National Library of Medicine/Internet2 tutorial classroom will be part of infoRAD. The infoRAD area of the meeting is designed to showcase the most innovative technology solutions in an interactive, educational environment. Computer-aided instruction, digital imaging and communications in medicine, new technologies, computer-assisted diagnosis, and literature searches are just some of the topics featured. Hands-on demonstrations are encouraged.

Selection Criteria for Demos
The National Library of Medicine, Internet2, and the Radiological Society of North America will select four applications from those responding to this call. Those selected will be expected to do formal live, real time demonstrations/presentations of their healthcare applications over the 1 Gigabit connection (provided by Internet2, Metropolitan Research and Education Network (MREN), Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA), and other collaborators) at McCormick Place.

We are looking for four applications that use advanced networks to solve problems in healthcare. Specifically, applications that:

1. Address an important problem or need in medical research, education, or clinical practice.

2. Require network bandwidth and end-to-end performance to function effectively and reliably.

3. Involve visualization, imaging, and other data manipulation approaches of interest to the radiology community, especially those using 3D, virtual reality, haptic and/or nomadic computing.

4. Can be demonstrated live, in real time during the RSNA meeting and involve the use of computing resources and/or the participation of others at remote sites.

5. Are non-commercial research and development projects.

Logistics
The demonstrations include formal presentations, which are to be approximately ten minutes in length during each tutorial. In addition, the demos must be available for participants to have individual hands-on experiences with the application for one hour after each tutorial. Tutorials are from 10:30 a.m. to noon and 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. November 29 - December 2. Demonstrators must commit to arriving and setting up on Saturday, November 27 and participating in rehearsals on Sunday, November 28, prior to the official opening. Demonstrators will be able to begin packing their equipment after the last tutorial on Thursday, December 2, with the understanding that equipment cannot be picked up for return shipment until after the meeting formally closes at noon the following day (December 3).

Costs
RSNA will provide registration, hotel, round trip airfare, and breakfast and lunch in the staff dining facilities in the meeting hall for two people from each institution participating. Demonstrators will be responsible for all other travel expenses and for shipping equipment to and from Chicago.

How to Apply
If you would like to submit a demo for consideration, please complete the submission form no later than May 21, 2004.

Please contact Elaine Lauerman <ekl@internet2.edu> if you have any questions.