Promoting Collaborations Between Radiologists and Scientists

John-Paul J Yu; Bradley M Spieler; Tiffany L Chan; Elizabeth M Johnson; Vikas Gulani; Kim L Sandler; Ponnada A Narayana; Winnie A Mar; James M Brian; Chin K Ng; Peter A Hardy

doi:10.1016/j.acra.2017.05.020

Promoting Collaborations Between Radiologists and Scientists

Acad Radiol. 2018 Jan;25(1):9-17. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2017.05.020. Epub 2017 Aug 24.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Radiology, Psychiatry, Biomedical Engineering, and the Neuroscience Training Program, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53705. Electronic address: jpyu@uwhealth.org.
² Department of Radiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana.
³ Department of Radiology, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Department of Radiology, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida.
⁵ Departments of Radiology, Urology, and Biomedical Engineering, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁶ Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁷ Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas.
⁸ Department of Radiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
⁹ Departments of Radiology and Pediatrics, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
¹⁰ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky.
¹¹ Department of Radiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536.

PMID: 28844844
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2017.05.020

Abstract

Radiology as a discipline thrives on the dynamic interplay between technological and clinical advances. Progress in almost all facets of the imaging sciences is highly dependent on complex tools sourced from physics, engineering, biology, and the clinical sciences to obtain, process, and view imaging studies. The application of these tools, however, requires broad and deep medical knowledge about disease pathophysiology and its relationship with medical imaging. This relationship between clinical medicine and imaging technology, nurtured and fostered over the past 75 years, has cultivated extraordinarily rich collaborative opportunities between basic scientists, engineers, and physicians. In this review, we attempt to provide a framework to identify both currently successful collaborative ventures and future opportunities for scientific partnership. This invited review is a product of a special working group within the Association of University Radiologists-Radiology Research Alliance.

Keywords: Radiology research; interdisciplinary imaging research; radiology collaborations.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Clinical Medicine*
Humans
Information Dissemination*
Intersectoral Collaboration*
Radiology*