Get to know reproducible data sharing with UMUD and the incentives behind sharing your images
Why You Should Care to Share Your Ultrasonography Data
Musculoskeletal ultrasonography is widely used in research and clinical practice, yet most ultrasound image datasets remain inaccessible, fragmented, or difficult to reuse. This limits reproducibility, slows methodological progress, and hampers the development of robust automated image analysis tools.
This talk introduces UMUD (Universal Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography Database, https://universalmuscledatabase.streamlit.app/) as a practical entry point into reproducible data sharing for ultrasound imaging. We will highlight common barriers to sharing ultrasound data—such as privacy concerns, lack of standards, and perceived low incentives—and demonstrate how UMUD addresses these challenges through standardized metadata, FAIR-aligned workflows, and community-driven benchmarking.
Participants will learn why sharing ultrasound images matters, how to share data responsibly, and what researchers gain in return, including increased visibility, reusability, and contribution to open benchmarks that advance the field. The session is aimed at researchers, clinicians, and early-career scientists who want to make their imaging data more impactful without adding unnecessary workload.
This talk is presented by Paul Ritsche, Francesco Santini, Gerardo Romeny and Oliver Faude of the University of Basel.