Recurring Meeting of Cleveland Clinic Core Team

Date: December 27, 2016

Time: 10:30 AM EST

Means: In person meeting

Attendees:

1. Ahmet Erdemir
2. Snehal Chokhandre
3. Tara Bonner

Agenda:

1. Discuss immediate action items from the last meeting.
2. Discuss progress of tissue testing protocol evaluation.
3. Discuss segmentation progress.
4. Decide immediate action items for the next meeting.
5. Other.

Ongoing Action Items:

• Ahmet
  • Complete reviewing the drafts of data manuscripts.
• Snehal
  • Continue filling in the dashboard for tissue testing reproducibility.
• All
  • Continue segmentation based on commitments listed in the Roadmap.

Notes:

1. Discuss immediate action items from the last meeting.
   • Most action items were related to the ongoing agenda items; refer to discussions below.
2. Discuss progress of tissue testing protocol evaluation.
   • Snehal tried not soaking the meniscus sample during testing. Multiple repeated tests were not fruitful as it was hard to keep the tissue hydrated in a consistent way.
   • Snehal is confident with cartilage testing. She is planning to do a cartilage tensile testing for additional repeatability assessment.
   • Ahmet advised to implement pre-conditioning data assessment as part of the protocols to continue testing. He asked Snehal to update the tissue testing protocol in this regard.
   • Snehal continued exploring different punching options. She is favoring manually preparing rectangular samples for the meniscus. She will get confined compression chambers made. She needs to design a jig for cutting the sample. Ahmet also recommended freezing the sample before punching out a cylindrical sample.
3. Discuss segmentation progress.
   • Tara and Robb will be working other projects starting January 2017. They may not be able to do additional segmentation. Some of their students will likely contribute.
4. Decide immediate action items for the next meeting.
   • See Ongoing Action Items above.
5. Other.
   • Snehal proposed to decrease meetings to once a month. This will be implemented starting January 2017. She is also planning to provide weekly updates in the wiki and through e-mail.