The members run the Brain Functional Imaging Database of the UK Children’s Cancer Study Group (UKCCSG), a national web accessible database used for UK trials of children with brain tumours.

Role in HealthAgents

This partner has a major interest in developing database architecture for imaging research in a clinical setting. Dr Andrew Peet leads the clinical efforts in HealthAgents.

Background

They are a partner in eTUMOUR acting as the central node for this study for paediatric data coming from within the UK. The team also has members who specialise in distributed communication and computer systems research and specifically work in the areas of adaptive routing, the design and deployment of infrastructure-less networks, technologies for future convergence of networks, network and graph theory, the modelling of complex adaptive distributed systems, such as agent based systems, and systems engineering.

People

Andrew Peet PhD, FRCPCH, DOB: 31.10 1962. Department of Health Clinician Scientist, University of Birmingham and Honorary Consultant Paediatric Oncologist, Birmingham Children’s Hospital Expertise in Paediatric Neuro-Oncology and MRS. MRS lead at UniBHAM for eTUMOUR and Chair of the Brain Functional Imaging Group of the UKCCSG. Chief investigator of 2 multicentre trials in MRS of childhood brain tumours. Organiser of International workshop on the development of functional imaging in the diagnosis, management and understanding of childhood brain tumours

Kal Natarajan BSc (Hons), PhD DOB 3.5.62. Computer Scientist, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust. :Expertise in relational databases and pattern recognition. Database lead for the UKCCSG brain functional imaging group

Theo Arvanitis RT, DPhil, CEng, MIEE, MIEEE, FSIM DOB: 17 .11 . 1968. Senior Lecturer in Distributed and Complex Adaptive Systems. Expertise in the areas of medical imaging & informatics (MR-related), healthcare informatics and distributed systems. He has conducted research work in the development of Internet-based Picture Archiving and Communication Networks (PACS) technologies in Radiology, e-learning support for medical education, mining of clinical/healthcare information and the development of the multimedia electronic healthcare record. In addition to his biomedically-related work, Dr Arvanitis has expertise in packet-switched routing and network modelling,  large-scale simulations of complex adaptive systems, by using agent technologies (i.e. autonomous and intelligent software) and biologically inspired computation. Fellow of the Society for the Internet in Medicine

Spyridon Sgouros MD FRCS DOB: 19.7.62. Birmingham Children’s Hospital and University Hospital Birmingham Consultant Neurosurgeon with expertise in MR imaging and computer database research

Dr L MacPherson FRCR. Consultant radiologist

Ms S Lateef Research radiographer