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ISIC-REPO; ISIC Skin Imaging Repository Enhancements for Promoting Interoperability and Utilization

Award Number: U24CA285296
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 04/01/2024
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/31/2029

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ISIC-REPO; ISIC Skin Imaging Repository Enhancements for Promoting Interoperability and Utilization - SUMMARY The International Skin Imaging Collaboration (ISIC)'s overarching goal is to leverage technology to reduce skin cancer mortality and morbidity. The ISIC Archive, created and led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center since 2016, is the leading publicly available skin imaging repository. With >240 000 images, >6000 registered users, and 17-21 million image downloads per month, the ISIC Archive has made major contributions to dermatology teaching and the development of artificial intelligence (AI) for skin cancer diagnosis. ISIC has also been central to the development and adoption of standards for skin imaging to promote quality and interoperability. ISIC has hosted 5 machine learning Grand Challenges and hosts continuous Live Challenges using ISIC Archive images. ISIC Challenges have attracted 6818 participants and 25 326 submissions. ISIC has directly published 21 scientific papers, while another 260 peer reviewed papers and 3060 technical reports have relied on ISIC data. Here, we propose to develop the ISIC Archive into an even greater resource for research through major enhancements that focus on making the ISIC Archive fully compliant with FAIR principles (findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability), while expanding the Archive with additional support for broadly used data formats (eg, Digital Communications Standards in Medicine [DICOM]) and skin imaging modalities (clinical imaging, total body photography [TBP]). We propose to leverage ISIC's leadership in the DICOM community to improve software support for established skin imaging standards, while publishing new standards for TBP, and to improve quality and interoperability for these imaging modalities. We have organized key milestones for this proposal under 4 specific aims: (1) to bring the ISIC Archive into rigorous compliance with FAIR principles; (2) to overcome the challenges of ingesting and sharing clinical images and representations of TBP while maintaining patient privacy and addressing sensitivity; (3) to strengthen the interoperability of ISIC data through the use of DICOM; and (4) to implement approaches to facilitate scaling, disseminating, and sustaining the ISIC data repository. The resulting ISIC Archive will be a more scientifically robust, impactful, and sustainable resource. ISIC will continue to promote use of the Archive and engage the dermatology and computer science communities through Challenges, workshops, and publications. By promoting and supporting research to effectively leverage skin imaging and AI to diagnose skin cancer earlier and more accurately, we will save lives and reduce the morbidity associated with unnecessary biopsies and the treatment of advanced disease.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $696,147 )
2026	2026	SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH	1275 YORK AVE	NEW YORK	NY	10065	NEW YORK	USA	Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research	001	3	4/28/2026	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$696,147
2026	2025	SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH	1275 YORK AVE	NEW YORK	NY	10065	NEW YORK	USA	Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research	000	2	3/6/2026	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $696,147

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $696,147 )
2025	2025	SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH	1275 YORK AVE	NEW YORK	NY	10065	NEW YORK	USA	Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research	000	2	3/13/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$626,533
2025	2025	SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH	1275 YORK AVE	NEW YORK	NY	10065	NEW YORK	USA	Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research	001	2	9/9/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$69,614
														Subtotal = $696,147

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $715,146 )
2024	2024	SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH	1275 YORK AVENUE	NEW YORK	NY	10065	NEW YORK	USA	Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research	000	1	3/15/2024	NEW	$715,146
														Subtotal = $715,146

Grand Total All Awards = $2,107,440

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ISIC-REPO; ISIC Skin Imaging Repository Enhancements for Promoting Interoperability and Utilization

Award Number: U24CA285296

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 04/01/2024

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/31/2029

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ISIC-REPO; ISIC Skin Imaging Repository Enhancements for Promoting Interoperability and Utilization

Award Number: U24CA285296

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 04/01/2024

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/31/2029

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ISIC-REPO; ISIC Skin Imaging Repository Enhancements for Promoting Interoperability and Utilization