Addenbrookes Secure Therapeutic Radiology Image Dataset (AStRID)

  • Research type

    Research Database

  • IRAS ID

    312143

  • Contact name

    Rajesh Jena

  • Contact email

    rjena@nhs.net

  • Research summary

    Addenbrookes Secure Therapeutic Radiology Image Dataset (AStRID)

  • REC name

    West Midlands - Edgbaston Research Ethics Committee

  • REC reference

    22/WM/0072

  • Date of REC Opinion

    19 Apr 2022

  • REC opinion

    Further Information Favourable Opinion

  • Data collection arrangements

    We wish to build a database of de-identified (pseudonymised) scans from patients who have undergone radiotherapy treatment at Addenbrooke’s Hospital that can be used for Artificial Intelligence research.

    We will collect four types of scan data. First is a computed tomography (CT) scan that is used as the basis of radiotherapy treatment planning. Second is a 'structure set' image where clinicians mark the tumour target and healthy structures on top of the CT scan images. Third is the radiation dose map that is created for each patient's treatment, and the fourth is the scanning data taken on the radiotherapy treatment unit to verify the correct positioning of the tumour target prior to each treatment.

    Data will be collected, de-identified and stored securely on servers in the Department of pHysics in the University of Cambridge.

  • Research programme

    The database is designed to support radiotherapy research. Current research uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to develop new ways of analysing radiotherapy images. The researchers using the data will be clinical staff in the radiotherapy department at Addenbrooke's hospital, as well as University research staff, from undergraduate students to PhD and post-doctoral researchers, mainly in the departments of Physics and Mathematics.

  • Research database title

    Addenbrookes Secure Therapeutic Radiology Image Dataset (AStRID)

  • Establishment organisation

    Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Establishment organisation address

    R&D Department,

    Cambridge Biomedical Campus

    Cambridge

    CB2 0QQ