IDM partners in the Scientific Priority Program “Radiomics: Next Generation of Biomedical Imaging”
In a highly competitive procedure, the Group Metabolic Imaging at the IDM was approved by the DFG for 3 years of funding.
In a highly competitive procedure, the Group Metabolic Imaging at the IDM was approved by the DFG for 3 years of funding.
In the framework of the Priority Programme “Radiomics: Next Generation of Biomedical Imaging” (SPP 2177)”, the cooperation of five research groups (Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases, Helmholtz Munich at the University of Tübingen, coordinator: PD Dr. Jürgen Machann; University Hospital Freiburg, coordinator: Prof. Dr. Fabian Bamberg; University Hospital Heidelberg, coordinator: Prof. Dr. Hans-Ulrich Kauczor; German Cancer Research Center, coordinator: Dr. Tobias Norajitra; Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry, and Epidemiology, LMU Munich, coordinator: Dr. Susanne Rospleszcz) will be continued for the next three years.
Within this project the partners aim to characterize different phenotypes of body composition by clustering adipose tissue compartments and depots using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of 30,000 participants of the German National Cohort (GNC) – representing the largest population-based cohort study in Germany – in association with anthropometric parameters, metabolic risk and lifestyle factors, as well as with regard to geographic and socioeconomic differences.
Furthermore, Radiomics features predictive of these adipose tissue phenotypes and clusters will be identified.
The goal of the proposal is to provide a deeper understanding of the potential pathogenesis of cardiometabolic diseases reflected by adipose tissue distribution.