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This Symposium is a one-day event to address the question: “which medical measurements and consensus standards should be prioritized to support future U.S. healthcare?” The focus will be on medical imaging, medical devices, and diagnostics. The goal is to generate a Medical Metrology and Standards Roadmap from diverse stakeholders that will identify social and economic benefits of improved measurements and standards to the US Healthcare Infrastructure and establish future directions.
There will be invited talks from leaders in clinical medicine, medical device companies, medical societies, and government agencies whose mission involves healthcare. The Symposium will include some short talks from NIST researchers, NIBIB staff,and NIBIB-funded investigators. The invited talks will be followed by panel discussions to address questions/comments from participants and elicit ideas and content for the roadmap. Online attendance is free and participation from all stakeholders is encouraged.
Note that this Symposium precedes and is paired with the NCI Quantitative Imaging Network workshop held at NIH the following day. Importantly, there will be a Request for Information solicitation to ensure all input is received for this Symposium.
Posters/displays from organizations with a role in Medical Metrology and Standards, are highly encouraged. Deadline for abstract submission is Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. Posters should be on either paper or cloth with a maximum size of 1m x 1.2m. For further information regarding abstracts, posters and display options, please direct questions to either stephen.russek [at] nist.gov (stephen[dot]russek[at]nist[dot]gov) or martin.tornai [at] nih.gov (martin[dot]tornai[at]nih[dot]gov) .
UPDATE 9/11/2026: Deadline for poster submissions have now closed.
Request for Information
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIBIB want your input. We are gathering feedback from healthcare stakeholders to shape the future of medical measurements, imaging, devices, and diagnostics. Your insights will help build a national roadmap to guide future government health programs and infrastructure.
Key Deadlines
- September 22, 2026 (5:00 PM ET): Deadline to register for virtual attendance at our upcoming symposium.
- November 30, 2026 (11:59 PM ET): Final deadline to submit your written comments.
How to Participate
1. Attend the Joint Symposium
We are hosting a one-day public meeting to discuss which medical measurements and consensus standards should support future U.S. healthcare.
- When: Thursday, September 24, 2026, from 8:45 AM to 5:30 PM.
- Where: Virtually (In-person attendance is now closed).
- Register: To register, go to the "Register Here" button. Please note, In-person registration is closed, but virtual registration is still open until September 22.
2. Submit Written Comments
If you cannot attend, or want to submit formal feedback, you can send written comments regarding Docket Number 260909-0004. Your responses must be submitted by the November 30 deadline to be guaranteed consideration.
Contact Information
To submit written comments on Future Needs for Medical Metrology and Standards for Medical Imaging Devices Diagnostics and Therapy: Go to www.regulations.gov and enter NIST-2026-0133 or Medical Metrology and Standards in the search field, or go to
https://www.regulations.gov/document/NIST-2026-0133-0001
Or email: medicalmetrologyandstandards [at] nist.gov (medicalmetrologyandstandards[at]nist[dot]gov)
Responses must be submitted by the November 30 deadline to be guaranteed consideration.
Agenda
| Time | Session/Talk | Speaker |
| 8:45am | Welcome | Shyam Sunder, NIST Associate Director for Laboratory Programs |
| 9:00am | Healthcare needs and challenges | Bruce Tromberg, NIBIB Director |
| Panel 1: Clinical Perspective (Chair, Afrouz Anderson, Program Director, NIBIB/DAST) | ||
| 9:20am | Impact of medical metrology and standards in the clinic | Dan Sullivan, Professor Emeritus, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center |
| 9:38am | Contributions in Metrology and Standards | Maryellen Giger, Pritzker Distinguished Service Professor of Radiology, University of Chicago |
| 9:56am | Metrology for Computed Tomography: Lessons from the Past, Needs for the Future | John Boone, Distinguished Professor of Radiology, University of California at Davis |
| 10:14am | Panel Discussion | |
| 10:40am-11:00am | Coffee break/ posters | |
| Panel 2: Industry Perspective (Chair, Martin Tornai, Program Officer NIBIB/DAST) | ||
| 11:00am | The transition from arbitrary to quantitative flow cytometry assays | Joshua Welsh, Senior Staff Scientist, Becton Dickinson |
| 11:18am | Analysis of US Leadership in Medical Imaging: Research & Development to Marketing Pathway | Kyoko Fujimoto, Medical Device/ Safety Consultant |
| 11:36am | Health Futures: The Future of Diagnostic Imaging: AI, Cloud Computing, and Intelligent Systems | Joseph Naegele, Principal Software Engineer, Microsoft Research |
| 11:54am | Panel Discussion | |
| 12:20pm-1:20pm | Lunch | |
| Panel 3: Government Role (Chair, Stephen Russek, Magnetic Imaging Project Leader, NIST) | ||
| 1:20pm | Performance Standardization of Emerging Biophotonic Imaging and Sensing Technologies | Joshua Pfefer, Laboratory Leader, FDA/CDRH |
| 1:38pm | Metrology & Standards for New Approach Methodologies: Building an Infrastructure for Tissue Chips and Human-Relevant Drug Testing | Passley Hargrove-Grimes, Program Officer, Office of Special Initiatives, NIH Tissue Chip Program |
| 1:56pm | NIST Talks (6 minutes) | |
| Evolving Dosimetry Standards at NIST | Ron Tosh, Radiation Physicist, Dosimetry Metrology and Standards | |
| What is Needed to Enable the Coming Impact of Quantitative MRI? | Katy Keenan, Project Leader, Quantitative MRI: Standards for Quantitative Imaging | |
| Optical Imaging Measurements and Traceability to the SI | Toni Litorja, Senior Scientist, Sensor Science Division | |
| Microsystems for Medical Metrology | Matt DiSalvo, Biomedical Engineer, Biophysical and Biomedical Measurement Group | |
| 2:20pm | Panel Discussion | |
| 2:50pm-3:10pm | Coffee break and posters | |
| Panel 4: Research Frontiers and Future Needs (Chair, Matt DiSalvo, Biomedical Engineer, Microsystems for Medical Metrology, NIST) | ||
| 3:10pm | QUIC Implementation Roadmaps for translation of quantitative imaging biomarkers to clinical practice | Paul Kinahan, Professor of Radiology, Radiation Oncology, and Bioengineering; Vice-Chair of Radiology Research, University of Washington |
| 3:28pm | Quantitative Medical Imaging Coalition (QMIC) | Dan Sullivan, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center: Quantitative Medical Imaging Coalition (QMIC) |
| 3:46pm | US Leadership in healthcare and medical technology: TIPPSS, AI and Beyond | Florence Hudson, Executive Director, Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub at Columbia University, Vice Chair, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society |
| 4:04pm | Novel Dosimetry Systems for Radiation Oncology | Rock Mackie, Emeritus Professor, Medical Physics and Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin |
| 4:22pm | Medical Imaging Metrology—Perspectives from the AAPM Working Group on the Physics of Quantitative Imaging | Kishore Rajendran, Associate Professor of Radiological Sciences, UCLA |
| 4:40pm | Discussion | |
| 5:00pm | White paper outline | |
| 5:30pm | Adjourn | |