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GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OFFICE OF RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION SPONSORED INSTRUCTION IZESXMWEICPROJECTINITIATION Dec August 11, 1975 • ProjectTitle: Graduate Program In Biomedical Information Science / kxamv MEW/PO/NM » Natzonal Library of Med cine fi AgreementPeriod: From 	7/1/75  Type Agreement: Grant No. 5 -T01-LM00147 -03 Amount: Interim Progress Report w/any,continuation application. Final Progress Report within 90 days of project termination. CONTRACTUAL MATTERS Ms. Helen S. Benison Grants Mgt. Specialist Division of Biomedical Information Support National Library of Medicine Bethesda, Maryland 20014 Phone: (301) 496-4221 Assignedto:  Tnfetrmitian and Computer Sciences COPIES TO: Principal Investigator 	 ubranpe School Director 	Rich Electronic Computer Center Dean of the College 	Photographic Laboratory Director, Research Administration 	Protect FIN Director, Financial Affairs (2) Security-Reports-Property ernes Patent Coordinator 	Other 0-36-508 (Continuation of 0-36-507) / PrinciPal Investigator Dr. Vladimir Slamecka until 	6/30/76 $103,888 - new funds awarded. 11 - unobligated balance from /02 year. 	• W 	- Total Funding for 03 yea'. Reports Required: r:'. Roger W. Dahlen Program Officer Division of Biomedical Information Support National Library of Medicine Bethesda, Maryland 20014 Phone: (301) 496-4221 ponsor Contact Person (s): CNNICAL MATTERS RA-3 (6-71) GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOdt OFFICE OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION SPONSORED PROJECT TERMINATION Biomedical In Date: , Jutm 20. 1918 are ouation Science' Gicaduate Pugum G-36-508 Project Director: Vit.. S.O. Ritiatie4 (trovnenty Vh. V. Staineeka) PHEW/MS/NH Nationat Libluouj of Nedtane Effective Termination Date: 	6/30/77 (end 03 Budget Pekiod)  . Clearance of. Accounting Charges:  nia - aLt have. e.t.P.aAtd  raxit/Contiact Closeout Actions Remaining: Final Invoice and dosing Documents Final Fiscal Report X Final Report of Inventions Govt. Property Inventory & Related Certificate Classified Material Certificate' Other  TeAmipat Pitognea4 RepoAt  (NLT 9/30/77) Assigned to:  I °locution 6 Compu.teASaence (School/Laboratory) COPIES Project Director Division Chief (EES) School/Laboratory Director Deon/Director—EES. Accounting Office Proctirement Office ; iecUrIty Coordinator (OCA) RePOrts COOrdinator (OCA) ,labrary, Techgical Reports Section Office of Computing Services Director, Physical Plant EES Information Office Project File (OCA) Project Code (GTRI) Other CA-4 (3/76) Slamecka, Vladimir 6"' 064-32-9793 APPENDIX II GRADUATE PROGRAM IN BIOMEDICAL INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SCIENCE: SUMMARY OF PROGRESS, 1972 - 1975 This document is a performance analysis and summary of the Graduate Program in Biomedical Information and Computer Science offered jointly by the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University under partial support of NIH Grant LM 00147 from the National Library of Medicine. The report covers the period of September 1972 through September 1975. Tables 1 and 2 show the number of students in the program and their enrollment status. Table 1 shows that the total number of matriculated students in the program thus far is 42, of whom 32 have graduated or are still in the program. A significant portion of the 10 students who dropped out from the program, as a rule after one academic quarter, were international students. Table 2 is a similar analysis of the studentsin the program supported by grant LM 00147. It shows that of the total of 24 individuals supported only two have dropped out, both at the end of. the first quarter of their support, and both for legitimate reasons (maternity in the case of one student, and acceptance of a more lucrative post- doctoral research fellowship at another university in the case of the other student). Tables 3 and 4 .show data on the backgrounds of the students enrolled in the Graduate Program in Biomedical Information and Computer Science, by school of origin and by subject field. The data are shown only for students who have either completed the degree requirements or are still in the program. Table 5 shows a program of study at the doctoral level taken by an NLM trainee. Table 6 shows the current employment of the 15 students who received the M.S. degree from the . Graduate Program in Biomedical Information and Computer Science. The data shows that with the exception of one student (who graduated in September 1975 and has not yet accepted a position) all graduates are active in the information sciences, either professionally or as advanced students; and that 10 of them are active in biomedical information processing fields. Of the 11 NLM trainees who received .  Master's degrees under partial support of grant.LM 00147 nine are active in biomedical information processing professions or research; one is active in the energy field (mathematical modelling); and one in military intelligence. Table 7 is a list of publications authored by individuals associated with the Graduate Program in Biomedical Information and Computer Science either as faculty or students during the past three years. NIH grant LM 00147 has supported some of these publications at least indirectly (to the extent that their authors were recipients of traineeships or partial salary support from this grant). A small number of the publications shown are authored by alumni from the graduate program after graduation. 1 Slamecka, Vladimir 064-32-9793 Table 1. Enrollment Status: All Students  1. Total Number of students matriculated 2. Of these, a) still in program b) graduated (M.S.) c) dropped (no degree) Table 2. Enrollment Status: NLM Trainees  1. Number of individuals receiving support a) 1 quarter 	 2 b) 5 quarters or less 	 16 c) more than 5 quarters 	 6 24 2. Of these, a) still in program b) graduated (M.S.) c) dropped (no degree) 11 11 2 42 17 15 10 Slamecka, Vladimir 064-32-9793 Table 3. 	Student Distribution by School of Origin (Highest Earned Degree) School 	 No. of Students Georgia Institute of Technology 5 Emory University 3 Akron University 1 Brigham Young University 1 Davidson College 1 Duke University 1 Florida State University 1 . Kent State University 1 Monterrey Institute of Technology 1 Northwestern University 1 Oglethorpe University 1 Purdue University 1 Southern Illinois University 1 S.U.N.Y., Binghamton 	' 1 S.U.N.Y., Buffalo 1 University of Alabama 1 University of California at San Diego 1 University of Chicago 1 University of Florida 1 University of Illinois 1 University of Maryland 2 University of Puerto Rico 1 University of Rochester .1 University of Tennessee 2 Total 32 3 Slamecka, Vladimir 064-32-9793 Table 4. Student Distribution by Subject Field  (Highest Earned Degree) Subject Field No. of Students Anesthesiology 1 Animal Science 1 Biological Science 1 Biology ' 1 Biomedical Engineering 2 Computational Systems for Administration 1 Computer and Information Science 1 Computer Science 2 Electrical Engineering 2 Industrial Engineering 1 Information and Computer Science 1 Library Science 1 Linguistics 1 Mathematics 9 Physics 4 Pre Med 2 Zoology 1 Total 32 4 Slamecka, Vladimir 064-32-9793 A Doctoral Program of Study (James J. Dunioa) Spring Quarter 1974  BISC 310 Biomedical Literature and Libraries BISC 397 Directed Study ICS 6363 Pattern Recognition ICS 7999 Preparation for Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Summer Quarter 1974  Table 5. Fall Quarter 1972  Course  AH 200 Medical Terminology ICS 145 Semiotics ICS '452 Logic Design ICS 458 Computer Systems Winter Quarter 1973  AH 305 Biomedical Electronics BISC 300 Health Care Processes & Systems ICS 445 Logistic Systems ICS 656 Computer Operating Systems ICS 661 Computer Language Design Spring Quarter 1973  AH 303 Medical & Surgical Diseases BICS 320 Medical Instrumentation & Techniques Biol 311 Anatomy Ed . Physiology ICS 625 Cybernetics ICS 646 Philosophy of Mind ICS 706 Special Problems Summer Quarter 1973  ICS 608 Natural Language ICS 628 Theory of Models ICS 652 Advanced Computer Organization ICS 799 Ph.D. Thesis Preparation Fall Quarter 1973  ICS 6360 Artificial Intelligence ICS 8999 Ph.D. Thesis Preparation Winter Quarter 1974  ICS 7999 Preparation for Ph.D. Qualifying Exam (Internship at Grady Hospital, Atlanta, Ga.) BISC 399 Ph.D. Research BISC 397 Directed Study ICS 7999 Preparation for Ph.D. Qualifying Exam ICS 8501 Special Problems Fall Quarter 1974  BISC 397 Directed Study ICS 4120 Information Processes ICS 6152 Theory of Automata Winter Quarter 1975  BISC 397 Directed Study PHS 302 Neurobiology PHS 351 Mammalian Physiology ICS 7999 Preparation for Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Psy 4754 Human Information Processing Spring Quarter 1975  BISC 399 Research PHS 351B Mammalian Physiology ICS 7999 Preparation for Ph.D. Qualifying Exam ICS 8102 Special Topics (Graphic Theory) Summer Quarter 1975  BISC 397 Directed Study ICS 8999 Ph.D. Thesis Preparation 5 Slamecka, Vladimir 064-32-9793 Table 5. Continued Mr. Dunion has completed all of the courspOrk requitetnents for the Ph.D. degree. The balance of his program of study willdonsist of directed study at Emory University and Ph.D. Thesis Preparation at the Georgia Institute of Technology. FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT: Russian, Passed March, 13, 1975 MINOR AREA OF STUDY: 	 Physiology, Completed Spring Quarter 1975 6 Slamecka, Vladimir 064-32-9793 Table 6. Employment of M.S. Graduates  NAME  Blair, James J. III Bradshaw, Charles R.* Clapp, Michael J.* Colle, Anthony J.* Harbort, Robert A. Jr.* Henne, Randy L.* Jackson, David C. Jaffe, Jules S.* Moreno, Migual A. O'Brien, Neal P.* POSITION & EMPLOYER Programmer, McDonald Douglas, Biomedical Section, Peoria, Illinois U.S.A.F. Programmer/Analyst, American Hospital Supply, Flint; Michigan. Associate Programmer, IBM Systems Communication Division, Kingston, N.Y. Director, Bioengineering Dept., Crawford W."Long Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia Computer Applications Programmer, Union Carbide Corporation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Nuclear Physics Division, Oak Ridge, ' Tennessee Substation Engineer, Georgia Power Company, Atlanta, Georgia (Graduated September 1975 and has not as yet accepted a position) 1974/75-Systems Analyst,**: University of Oregon, Portland, Oregon NATURE OF DUTIES Medical programming Trainee in computer applications to military intelligence Design and implementation-of ...hospital related financial systems Development of an IBM Time Sharing System In charge of hospital computing Establishment of a Biomedical Computer Technology Infor-mation Center Nuclear Physics Division Design of computer-based information system for estimating construction cost and scheduling. Research Area: Computer Simulation of Chemical Networks Design of a computer-based program for medical audit Ph.D. Student, Graduate Group Biophysics, University of California at Berkeley. Awarded a Public Health Service Traineeship in Biophysics 7 Slamecka, Vladimir 064-32-9793 Pate, Fred L.* Pehler, John S.* Rogers, Joseph D. Jr.* Smith, Linda C. Stanko, Thomas M.* Process Analyst, Catalytic, Inc., Wilsonville, Alabama PrOjeCt. Leader, Medical Data Processing Section, Methodist Hospital, Memphis, Tenn. Systems Analyst I, Medical University of South Carolina, Vermillion, South Carolina Ph.D. Student, Program in Information Transfer, Syracuse University. Awarded a Graduate Fellowship Systems Analyst, Calspan Tech-nology Products, Inc., Buffalo, N.Y. Computer-based models of coal refinement System development of medical records Development of computerized patient records Research Area: Library Information Systems Design of a fingerprint ID system on mini-computers *NIA grant LM 00147 trainee. **Currently seeking position in San Francisco area. 8 Slamecka, Vladimir 064-32-9793 Table 7. Bibliography of Publications by Faculty, Students  and Alumni of the Graduate Program in Biomedical Information and  Computer Science, 1972-1975. A. PUBLISHED  Harbort, R.A., Sprawls, P., and Stahl, R.S., "Image Enhancement and Analysis in Nuclear Medicine." IEEE Transactions: Nuclear Science, Vol. NS-20, No. 1, pp. 259-265, February 1973. Kitay, D.Z., and Harbort, R.A., "Iron and Folic Acid Deficiency in Pregnancy." Clinics in Perinatology, Vol. 2, No.2, September 1975. Larose, J.H., Johnson, W.O., and Harbort, R.A., "Whole Body Imobilizer." Journal of  Nuclear Medicine, Vol. 14, No. 5, p. 301, May 1973. Root, W., Harbort, R.A.,, Moses, A.R., Kirchner, A., and Mitchell,J., "The Cylindrical Assumption in Treatment Planning and Its Effect on Off-axis Dose Calculations." In: Proceedings of the RSNA National Symposium, Chicago, Ill., December 1974. Sias, Fred R. Jr., "Mini-based Networks: Antidote to Spiraling Cost of Health Care " The Data Communications User, pp. 7-11, 1974. Sias, Fred R. Jr., and Covert, J.R.,"Impeoved User Access Security for Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System (MUMPS)," In: Proceedings of  the 1974 MUMPS User's Group Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 1974. Sias, Fred R., Jr., "The Economics of Medical Information Systems." Symposium Record: Minicomputer Trends and Applications 1973, IEEE Computer Society, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland, April 4, pp. 27-33, 1973. Slamecka, V.,(ed) Extending the Utility of Biomedical Knowledge. Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1975 (Technical Report, School of Information and Computer Science). Slamecka, V., "Objectives and Strategies of Biomedical Information Science." In: Proceedings of the First IFIP World Conference on Medical Informatics, Stockholm, Sweden, pp. 29-32, August 1974. Slamecka, V.,"Federally Sponsored Research in Medical Information Processing in the Federal Republic of Germany." Report submitted to the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, November 1974. Slamecka, V.,"The Health Information Sciences: Objectives and Strategies." In: Proceedings of the Conference on Information Science and Biomedical Communica-tions Research, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, NLM, Bethesda, Maryland., October 5, 1972. Smith, Linda C., "Systematic Searching of Abstracts and Indexes in Interdisciplinary Areas." Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Vol. 25, No. 6, p. 343, 1975. 9 Slamecka, Vladimir 064-32-9793 aprawls, P. and Hoffman, J.,"Image Quality in Computerized Axial Tomography." In: Proceedings of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers,  Vol. 70, Medicine IV, 1975. Sprawls, P., and Slamecka, V., "Graduate Education in Health Information Processing." Journal of Clinical Computing, 1972. B. ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION  Bell, P.R., Bell, M.R., Dillon, R.S., Henne, R.L., and Ross, D.A., "Nonlinear Processing Methods for Nuclear Medicine Image." To appear in the Proceedings  of the ANS meeting, San Francisco, California, November 1975. Bell, P.R., Dillon, R.S., Henne, R.L., Ross, D.A., DeLand, F.H., and Fisher, D.J., "Conclusions from the Examination of Some Quantitative Vertex Brain Perfusion Sequences." To appear in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Harbort, R.A.,"Reasons for Choosing Virtual Memory Computer Systems." To appear in the Proceedings of the Computerworld Computer Caravan, Atlanta, Georgia, February 1975. ••• Heymsfield, S., and Campbell, E.J., "Tie Application of Commulative Summation Analysis to a Medical Data Base." To appear in the Proceedings of the Southeastern'ACM  Meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina, April 1975. Owen, S., Shulman, N., Binge, J., Bentley, E., and Mann, Stephen S., "The 3R's and HBP: A Unique Approach to School Health and High Blood Pressure Education." To appear in the Proceedings of the 103rd APHA Annual Meeting, Chicago,_ Illinois, November 16-20, 1975. Maskewitz,,B.F., McClain, W.J., and Henne, R.L.,"The Biomedical Computing Technology Information Center (A Focus for the Sharing of Computer Programs and Technology in Biomedicine)." To appear in the Proceedings of the Fifth National'Conference, Society for Computer Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, November 12-14, 1975. McClain, W.J., Henne, R.L., and Maskewitz, B.F., "The Digital Computer in Nuclear Medicine." To appear in the Proceedings of the ANS meeting, San Francisco, California, November 1975. Root, W., and Harbort, R.A., "Three Dimensional Treatment Planning-An Analysis." Radiology, 1975 (in press). Sias, Fred R. Jr., and Covert, J.R., "A New Implementation of Standard MUMPS in a Multi-Language Environment." To appear in the Proceedings of'the'1975'HUMPS  User's Group Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, September 18 & 19, 1975. Slamecka, V., and Gehl, J.M., "Formal Programs of Education in Biomedical Cybernetics." Advances in Cybernetics and Systems (J. Rose, ed.), London: Gordon and Breach (to appear). 10 Slamecka, Vladimir 064-32-9793 Sprawls, P. and Moses, A.R.,"Geometric Resolution Limit Patterns." To appear in Journal of Radiology. C. IN PREPARATION/SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION Badre, A.N., and Dunion, J.J., "The Role of Iconic Data in the Medical Decision Process." (in preparation) Badre, A.N., and Slamecka, V., "On Problem Solving Approaches to Clinical Decision Processing." Submitted to Biomedical Communications. Campbell, Eric J., Investigation of a Formal Data Structure for Input Data Valida-tion in Automated Medical Records, Atlanta, Georgia: Georgia Institute of Technology, Ph.D. Dissertation (in preparation). Dunion, James J.,Medical Image Enhancement as a Problem Solving Activity,  Atlanta, Georgia: Georgia Institute of Technology, Ph.D. Dissertation (in preparation). Mann, Stephen S. II A Methodology  for Aggregate Analysis of Medical Records, With an Example Using Refilldill-Tic Protocols, Atlanta, Georgia: Georgia Institute of Technology, Ph.D. Dissertation (in preparation). Stafford, Richard A. An Investigation into the Theory and Methodology of An  Advanced Medical Data Acquisition Interface,  Atlanta, Georgia: .Georgia Institute of Technology, Ph.D. Dissertation (in preparation). • 	11 

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