Our Mission

Our mission is to advance the clinical and basic sciences in radiology, while improving our understanding of biology and the manifestations of disease, by pioneering methods
in the information sciences that integrate imaging, clinical and molecular data.

Our Vision

Our vision is that we gain new knowledge from imaging examinations by integrating and analyzing them with related clinical and molecular data. ISIS aims to achieve this goal by exploring the full spectrum of information-intensive activities in imaging (e.g., image management, storage, retrieval, processing, analysis, understanding, visualization, navigation, interpretation, reporting, and communications) and in non-imaging domains (e.g., pathology, molecular and genetic markers, family history, prior medical reports, and clinical outcomes). Critical to the ISIS mission is the development of core capability to collect annotated imaging, clinical and molecular data, and to integrate them by creating databases that encode and the relationships among them. Through these efforts, we believe that ISIS will improve the diagnostic and treatment planning value of images and lead to personalized, less-invasive approaches to early detection and treatment while, at the same time, improving our understanding of human biology and disease.