American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics. Study of Multi-Institutional Collaborations. Phase III: Ground-Based Astronomy, Materials Science, Heavy-Ion and Nuclear Physics, Medical Physics, and Computer-Mediated Collaborations.

A documentation research project to study the complex issues facing the historical documentation of multi-institutional collaborations in physics and allied sciences. Phase III focused on four disciplinary areas of ground-based astronomy, materials science, heavy-ion physics, and medical physics, and a category named computer-mediated collaborations. Radiology Diagnostic Oncology Group (RDOG) was a medical physics series of collaborations with overlapping memberships to assess the efficacy of various radiological techniques and modalities for diagnosing cancers of various organs. Harvard Medical School and the American College of Radiology have respectively done the statistical analyses and data processing for all RDOGs; the collaboration has no physical location but ACR is the headquarters for administrtion and records. RDOG principal investigators come from the radiology departments of various medical centers. Funding from the National Cancer Institute. RDOG 1 began in 1986; RDOG 5 was in progress at time of interviewing.