| 1 | NTT_DATA_UCSF_NIAID-SEB_Subcontract_2021 |
| 2 | Task Order !#2 |
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| 4 | March 1, 2021 - February 28, 2022 |
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| 6 | 1. General ChimeraX improvements to support NIAID (Eric: 20%) |
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| 8 | 2. Support the NIH 3D pipeline development, including any changes to ChimeraX to support ongoing development. (Eric: 15%) |
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| 10 | 3. Improve multi-person VR (Tom: 35%) |
| 11 | - Create video tutorials in how to use multi-person VR |
| 12 | - Hold VR office hours to train researchers to use VR capabilities |
| 13 | - Allow participants to add models from local files during a VR session |
| 14 | - Set up VR meeting servers for Africa, Europe, Asia |
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| 16 | 4. Human Biomolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP) multiscale visualization (Eric: 30%) |
| 17 | * Develop ChimeraX tool to browse and select HuBMAP datasets for loading |
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| 19 | 5. Enhance ChimeraX’s segmentation capabilities |
| 20 | * Investigate increased use of simple ITK to support segmentation (Tom: 15%) |
| 21 | * Investigate utilizing web services to support more complex machine learning-based segmentation algorithms (Tom: 15%) |
| 22 | * Investigate reading and displaying segmentation format(s) available from imaging databases (tissue microscopy, cancer imaging data, etc.) (Tom: 10%) |
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| 24 | 6. DICOM (Tom: 25%, Eric: 5%) |
| 25 | * Improve ability to visualize and analyze medical images in VR with ChimeraX |
| 26 | * Develop browser-style interface to show DICOM dataset contents and associated metadata such as sample characteristics |
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| 28 | 7. Outreach |
| 29 | * Instructional material and tools documentation. (20%) |
| 30 | * Detailed instructions for all features shall be provided in a user manual |
| 31 | * Written user guides and tutorials shall be available as an HTML page |
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| 33 | 8. Administration (10%) |
| 34 | * Submit monthly written reports of accomplishments |