Qualitative and quantitative analysis of medical images
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The qualitative and quantitative analysis of medical images for undergraduate and Masters student projects within Molecular and Clinical Imaging
IRAS ID
230698
Contact name
J. Graeme Houston
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Dundee
Duration of Study in the UK
5 years, 3 months, 28 days
Research summary
Medical imaging is routinely used to diagnose and stage disease, map disease progression and aid surgical planning. NHS Tayside medical images are stored in a secure NHS archive and are accessible, with permission, for research, teaching and training purposes. Medical knowledge and understanding has advanced with collective image analysis. More specifically, collective quantitative analysis has been used to highlight structural and functional abnormalities that are undetectable during normal radiological qualitative assessments of individual patient data sets. Professor Houston’s group have a strong background in collective image analysis and of image quality assurance testing. Group members actively investigate novel methods of analysing data and of testing software packages.
It is the aim of the School of Medicine, University of Dundee to encourage principle investigators to offer short-term projects to students looking to gain experience in the field of medicine/medical imaging analysis/medical physics. With that in mind, we are looking to obtain Proportionate Ethical Approval for undergraduate and Masters Students wishing to carry out short-term image analysis and quality assurance projects (up to 6 months) within the department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Dundee, from July 2017 until December 2022. Individual students will obtain project specific Caldicott approval in addition to this proportionate approval.REC name
East of Scotland Research Ethics Service REC 1
REC reference
17/ES/0129
Date of REC Opinion
20 Sep 2017
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion