Introduction to the National Cancer Imaging Translational Accelerator (NCITA): a UK-wide infrastructure for multicentre clinical translation of cancer imaging biomarkers.

McAteer MA., O'Connor JPB., Koh DM., Leung HY., Doran SJ., Jauregui-Osoro M., Muirhead N., Brew-Graves C., Plummer ER., Sala E., Ng T., Aboagye EO., Higgins GS., Punwani S.

The National Cancer Imaging Translational Accelerator (NCITA) is creating a UK national coordinated infrastructure for accelerated translation of imaging biomarkers for clinical use. Through the development of standardised protocols, data integration tools and ongoing training programmes, NCITA provides a unique scalable infrastructure for imaging biomarker qualification using multicentre clinical studies.

DOI

10.1038/s41416-021-01497-5

Type

Journal article

Publication Date

2021-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

125

Pages

1462 - 1465

Total pages

3

Keywords

Biomarkers, Tumor, Diagnostic Tests, Routine, Humans, Neoplasms, Research Design, United Kingdom

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