The first Open-Source Medical Devices (OSMD) Conference was held at the Morgridge Institute for Research/Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on December 1, 2011.

Thank you very much for your interest in the open-source medical devices initiative and the development of an open-source small animal imaging and radiotherapy system that integrates micro CT/PET/RT systems. We have recently updated our website with the conference summary and presentation videos. At this website, you can find:

	1. Introduction and history of OSMD
	2. Summary of the OSMD Conference
	3. Conference schedule from December 1, 2011
	4. Videos of the presentations from the conference
	5. System specifications
	6. Subproject list
	7. Guidelines for collaboration
	8. OSMD community sign-up
	9. Forum for open discussion and communication

We look forward to hearing from you with continued support. Please let us know if you have any feedback on the conference and/or the OSMD website and the updates.

Please direct any questions to osmd2011@morgridgeinstitute.org or prajapati@wisc.edu.

 
Sincerely,
Thomas Rockwell Mackie, Ph.D.
Co-Chair
OSMD Conference 2011

Robert Jeraj, Ph.D.
Co-Chair
OSMD Conference 2011

Surendra Prajapati, M.S.
Research Assistant
OSMD Conference 2011

Tentative design of a small animal imaging and radiotherapy system.