At the beginning of the year, two research projects of the NUM infrastructure RACOON were launched, which are now also presented on the NUM website:
In RACOON FADEN, a controlled clinical study is being conducted to explore validated radiological features after MRI examination for the early detection of adenomyosis in young patients. Adenomyosis is a gynaecological disease of the uterus and refers to a form of endometriosis. This is the first study in the NUM to utilise prospective inclusion of patients via NUM-NUKLEUS and image data processing in NUM-RACOON.
The RACOON-RESCUE research project aims to create the conditions for establishing a structured reference radiological assessment of paediatric non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) and to use new image-based biomarkers for all children and adolescents with NHL. In future, this could allow radiological diagnostics to be used in a more targeted manner, better classify previously unclear findings and reduce the use of invasive examination procedures.