Bavaria-wide oncological radiology network
BZKF BORN project
The BZKF BORN project is the first project to collect health data in a standardized, structured and process-oriented manner from the outset in order to create a globally unique data basis for the development of image-based biomarkers and machine learning methods for AI.
Harmonization and standardization of imaging-based data collection
BORN is the first project of this size to establish a secure IT-based network structure with the aim of harmonizing and standardizing imaging-based data collection, including structured and standardized reporting, and thus uniformly recording and evaluating imaging data sets for oncological diseases. BORN supplements the Bavarian Center for Cancer Research (BZKF) with a networking component that supports the joint standardization, evaluation and establishment of quantitative, image-based biomarkers. BORN will build on the structures established in university radiology (RACOON) during the Covid-19 pandemic. Large standardized data sets are a basic prerequisite for the establishment of AI applications in particular, whereby the data should remain decentralized in the individual clinics. Together with the company Brainlab AG and its subsidiary Mint-Medical GmbH the project partners are developing and establishing uniform, structured and standardized diagnostic reports in oncological imaging in the six Bavarian university hospitals for six tumor types for the time being.
