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About
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    <h2 class="highlight-title">Who?</h2>

*miblab* is a research group focused on development of 
medical imaging biomarkers, based within the
`section of medical imaging <https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/smph/research/themes/imaging>`_ 
at the University of Sheffield (UK), .

We are committed to working in maximal transparency and sharing our 
resources freely and accessibly - not only the results of our 
research but also the protocols, data, software and models that we 
develop along the way.

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    <h2 class="highlight-title">Why?</h2>

We believe that reproducible science is key to the wider uptake of 
imaging biomarkers in research and clinical practice. And science can 
only be reproducible if the entire process is open to independent 
scrutiny - not just the compact summary that we write at the end.

We believe that allowing data and software to be reused by others offers the 
best value-for-money for funders and taxpayers. It also means we can promise 
our study participants that we will make the most of the 
data they so generously donate.

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    <h2 class="highlight-title">What?</h2>

Resources listed on `miblab.org <https://miblab.org>`_ are 
the result of collaborative work with other researchers, clinicians 
and industry partners. `miblab.org <https://miblab.org>`_ acts as 
custodian of these resources and is committed to maintain them and 
keep them up to date.

All resources are interoperable and reusable in line  
with the principles of `FAIR <https://www.go-fair.org/fair-principles/>`_: 
our `data <https://miblab.org/data.html>`_ include an 
`API <https://miblab.org/reference.html>`_ to download them;
our `trained models <https://miblab.org/models.html>`_ come with an 
`API <https://miblab.org/reference.html>`_ to run them on data; 
our `pipelines <https://miblab.org/pipelines.html>`_ 
download from our databases, and push results back. Core functionality 
that is shared between applications is grouped in stand-alone 
`python packages <https://miblab.org/packages.html>`_.

We strive for these resources to be maximally user-friendly. Code 
comes with documentation, examples and links to use 
cases. Data have metadata and clear READMEs. Pipelines are illustrated 
with notebooks. We use the 
`miblab zenodo community <https://zenodo.org/communities/miblab>`_ as a 
permanent archive for all our resoruces, and `miblab.org <https://miblab.org>`_ 
as a front-end to make them findable and show how they are connected.


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    <h2 class="highlight-title">Licensing</h2>

*miblab* is rooted in public-private partnerships and recognises that 
efficient research, development and deployment of medical imaging biomarkers 
benefits from frictionless collaboration between sectors. 

*miblab*'s licensing approach reflects this principle and allows users to 
share and adapt its resources with minimal restrictions, including for 
commercial use:

- All *miblab* software is distributed under the 
  `Apache 2.0 license <https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>`_.

- All *miblab* data are distributed under the 
  `CC-BY license <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/>`_.


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    <h2 class="highlight-title">Projects</h2>

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      <a href="https://www.cost.eu/parenchima-kidney-disease/" target="_blank">
        <img src="_static/parenchima-logo.jpg" alt="Parenchima Logo" />
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      <a href="https://www.imi-tristan.eu/" target="_blank">
        <img src="_static/tristan-logo.jpg" alt="Tristan Logo" />
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      <a href="https://www.beat-dkd.eu/" target="_blank">
        <img src="_static/ibeat-logo.PNG" alt="iBEAt Logo" />
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      <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34688256/" target="_blank">
        <img src="_static/heparim-logo.jpg" alt="HeparIM Logo" />
      </a>
      <a href="https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/spmic/research/uk-renal-imaging-network/ukrin-maps.aspx" target="_blank">
        <img src="_static/ukrin-maps.png" alt="UKRIN-MAPS Logo" />
      </a>
      <a href="https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/afirm-study" target="_blank">
        <img src="_static/afirm.png" alt="AFIRM Logo" />
      </a>
      <a href="https://www.sheffieldbrc.nihr.ac.uk/" target="_blank">
        <img src="_static/brc-logo.png" alt="Sheffield BRC Logo" />
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    <h2 class="highlight-title">Funders</h2>

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    <a href="https://www.kidneyresearchuk.org/" target="_blank">
      <img src="_static/kruk-logo.png" alt="Kidney Research UK Logo" />
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    <a href="https://www.cost.eu/" target="_blank">
      <img src="_static/cost-logo.png" alt="COST Logo" />
    </a>
    <a href="https://www.ukri.org/councils/mrc/" target="_blank">
      <img src="_static/ukri-mrc-square-logo.png" alt="UKRI MRC Logo" />
    </a>
    <a href="https://www.ihi.europa.eu/" target="_blank">
      <img src="_static/ihi-logo.png" alt="IHI Europe Logo" />
    </a>
    <a href="https://www.nihr.ac.uk/" target="_blank">
      <img src="_static/nihr-logo.png" alt="NIHR Logo" />
    </a>
    <a href="https://www.gene.com" target="_blank">
      <img src="_static/genentech-logo.png" alt="Genentech Logo" />
    </a>
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    <h2 class="highlight-title">People</h2>
    

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        <a href="https://github.com/JoaoPeriquito" class="team-name">Joao Periquito</a>
        <div class="team-handle">@JoaoPeriquito</div>
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        alt="Avatar picture of @EbonyGunwhy"
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        <a href="https://github.com/EbonyGunwhy" class="team-name">Ebony Gunwhy</a>
        <div class="team-handle">@EbonyGunwhy</div>
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        <a href="https://github.com/ajojosephthomas" class="team-name">Ajo Thomas</a>
        <div class="team-handle">@ajojosephthomas</div>
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        <a href="https://github.com/kteh123" class="team-name">Kevin Teh</a>
        <div class="team-handle">@kteh123</div>
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        <a href="https://github.com/plaresmedima" class="team-name">Steven Sourbron</a>
        <div class="team-handle">@plaresmedima</div>
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