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The National Cancer Institute (NCI) established the Diagnostic Imaging Program
(DIP) in October 1996 with David Bragg, M.D., as the first acting director and
two full-time staff members. Daniel C. Sullivan, M.D., became the first
full-time director in September 1997. The name of the program has changed twice
during this time, from the Diagnostic Imaging Program to the Biomedical Imaging
Program in 2001 and to the Cancer Imaging Program in 2003, to more clearly
reflect the role of the program, both to NCI and to the public. The staff
members and administered grants are divided among four branches: the Diagnostic
Imaging Branch, the Molecular Imaging Branch, the Image-Guided Intervention
Branch, and the Imaging Technology Development Branch. The total amount of
grant money administered by the CIP is depicted graphically, below.
Funding Initiatives Announced
A history and discussion of the role of the Cancer Imaging Program as of 2001
is given in Academic
Radiology 2002; 9:122-125.
The history of NCI is detailed in the NIH Almanac.
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