Core Lab for Advanced Cancer Image Analysis (advanced medical imaging support)
Official title: Core Laboratory for Advanced Cancer Image Analysis
Funded at University of Washington · NIH-11398160 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This NIH grant helps a renowned imaging core at UW provide advanced image analysis support for cancer imaging projects to improve how tumors are studied in clinical trials.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of Washington NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Seattle, United States) |
| Project start | September 19, 2017 |
| Project end | August 31, 2027 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $282,766 |
| NIH project number | 5R50CA211270-10 |
| Project ID | NIH-11398160 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Ideal candidates are patients enrolled in NCI-funded cancer imaging trials or QIN/ECOG-ACRIN cooperative group studies who contribute imaging data for centralized analysis.
✕Less likely to help
Patients not participating in imaging-related cancer trials or not contributing data to centralized analysis may not benefit directly.
What this research studies
The Core Laboratory for Advanced Cancer Image Analysis provides technically-advanced analysis services for selected NCI-funded cancer imaging projects affiliated with leading institutions. It leverages decades of experience in PET imaging, kinetic modeling, and quantitative image analysis to support imaging protocols, data analysis methods, and collaboration across networks like QIN and ECOG-ACRIN. This grant focuses on enabling high-quality imaging data to inform clinical trials and biomedicine related to brain tumors and other cancers. By centralizing expert analysis, it aims to improve the accuracy and reproducibility of imaging biomarkers used in cancer research.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, patients could benefit from more precise imaging biomarkers that help tailor cancer treatments and accelerate clinical trial findings.
How similar studies have gone: Previous imaging core analyses and collaborative networks have improved consistency and quality of imaging data across trials.
Where this research is happening
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University of Washington
Seattle, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Muzi, Mark — University of Washington
- Study coordinator: Muzi, Mark
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About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.