CMRxRecon2024 Registration

1. Definitions

* Data means all data (including all images,k-space data and meta-data) downloaded from the Cardiac MRI Reconstruction Challenge (CMRxRecon2024).

* Recipient means a researcher who has previously completed this Data Access Agreement (Section 2) and has received acknowledgement of its acceptance.

2.Purpose

I. The purpose of disseminating the Data is to perform Multi-contrast CMR reconstruction and Random sampling CMR reconstruction tasks in the context of CMRxRecon2024 challenge. The data cannot be used in another context until the embargo period has expired.

II. Only non-commercial usage is allowed after the embargo period. The end of embargo period will be announced on the challenge website.

III. If used for a publication, the references listed on the website (https://cmrxrecon.github.io/2024/Home.html) should be cited.

3. Confidentiality

The Recipient(s) signing this document commit to not disseminate the Data to any third party.

4. Challenge rules

The Recipient(s) agree to follow the challenge rules listed on the website.

5. Award and sponsorship

In consideration of the sponsorship of NICE-PHILIPS Co-Lab* for the organization of this challenge, it is expressly agreed that any winning team shall grant NICE and its affiliated research institutes, associated innovation enterprise partners** a priority right to collaborate on technology cooperation and industrial transformation projects for a period of 90 days following the announcement of the challenge results.

* NICE-PHILIPS Co-Lab stands for the collaboration laboratory jointed by National Innovation Center par Excellence, i.e. NICE and Philips Healthcare Suzhou Co. Ltd. The mission is to support and accelerate meaningful innovations in healthcare technology.

** Please refer to (https://cmrxrecon.github.io/2024/Sponsor.html) for the list of NICE’s affiliated institutions and associated enterprise partners.