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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi everyone:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A few quick points while I am waiting at the airport in <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Norway</st1:country-region> for the flight to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Copenhagen</st1:place></st1:City>. I do not know if I can make the
tcon tomorrow as we may have a MICCAI program committee meeting dinner on Thursday
night but I will try (it will be 7 pm our time which may work out)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We should consider doing an
IGSTK tutorial at MICCAI next year. One possibility is to make ITK a
half-day in the morning and do a half-day of IGSTK in the afternoon. Are
people interested in this?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Along with that it seems likely
we will have to reduce the manpower on IGSTK after August (when the
current contract ends) until we hear about the new money. But it seems
like we need to find some way to continue some level of effort to keep it
alive and SPIE is the perfect venue for a tutorial.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Jon Kasperon in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Norway</st1:place></st1:country-region> where
I just visited may be interested in using IGSTK for their new
interventional suite. I will talk to him about working together on this.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.stolav.no/stolav/for-e/index.htm"
title="http://www.stolav.no/stolav/for-e/index.htm">http://www.stolav.no/stolav/for-e/index.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='color:blue;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We
need to decide on our 18 month review meeting, where I think we should
also talk strategically about future directions with IGSTK, funding, etc. Please
let me know if you cannot make the originally scheduled date of Tuesday
May 30 in the afternoon (say 1 to 5 pm east coast time) and if not what
days that week are good for you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>The good news is that I am finding a lot
of interest in IGSTK in my travels and we need to figure out how we can sustain
the effort and grow the community.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Kevin </span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:"Courier New"'>------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
Kevin Cleary,
Ph.D.
Work phone: 202-687-8253<br>
Associate Professor
Work fax: 202-784-3479<br>
Deputy Director <br>
<br>
Imaging Science and Information Systems (<st1:place w:st="on">ISIS</st1:place>)
Center<br>
Department of
Radiology
Pager: 202-901-2033<br>
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Home phone: 301-299-0788<br>
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Home fax: 301-299-0789</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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center: </span></font><a href="http://www.isis.georgetown.edu/"
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title="http://www.isis.georgetown.edu/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>www.isis.georgetown.edu</span></font></a><br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Research
group: </span></font><a href="http://www.caimr.georgetown.edu/"
title="http://www.caimr.georgetown.edu/"><font size=2 face="Courier New"
title="http://www.caimr.georgetown.edu/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>www.caimr.georgetown.edu</span></font></a><br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>WashCAS:
</span></font><a href="http://www.washcas.org/" title="http://www.washcas.org/"><font
size=2 face="Courier New" title="http://www.washcas.org/"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>www.washcas.org</span></font></a><br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Email:
</span></font><a href="mailto:cleary@georgetown.edu"
title="mailto:cleary@georgetown.edu"><font size=2 face="Courier New"
title="mailto:cleary@georgetown.edu"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>cleary@georgetown.edu</span></font></a><br>
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