Cooperative Agreement R44MH086984

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $417,150 Project Grant under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286) to the University of Maryland, Baltimore. The goal of this 2-year grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, is to develop and validate a novel motion correction technique for 2D T2-weighted structural MRI of the brain. The project aims to eliminate slice alignment errors caused by...

This $1,336,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) under the CFDA 93.286 "Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health" program supports the development of a rapid, motion-robust, and low-gadolinium MRI technology for pediatric brain tumors. The key objectives are to (1) develop cutting-edge technologies for rapid, motion-robust, and quantitative MRI scans to reduce sedation needs...

This federal Project Grant award for $103,441, awarded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286), aims to develop and validate a rapid, distortion- and blurring-free, and motion- and B0-robust technique for submillimeter-resolution T2* and quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) quantification. The project, titled "Fast and Robust...

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $1,816,884 Project Grant (CFDA 93.286 - Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health) to the Children's Research Institute to develop a new image-guided robotic system to improve the precision and reduce X-ray dose in orthopedic surgery for pediatric slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE). The project aims to integrate a low-profile guidance robot with 2D and 3D imaging...

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $588,880 Project Grant under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286) to The Children's Hospital Corporation (doing business as Boston Children's Hospital) to develop fast and accurate methods for reconstructing 3D fetal brain volumes from 2D MRI scans. The goal is to integrate these coherent 3D brain volumes and automated brain biometric...

This $884,573 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286), is supporting the development of a fast, comprehensive brain MRI technique. The goal is to reduce exam duration by roughly three-fold while capturing quantitative and qualitative MRI contrasts, as well as gadolinium-based enhancement. The project is being led by...

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $432,749 Project Grant under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286) to the Regents of the University of Michigan. The grant supports the development of a "Silent Functional MRI Using Looping Star" technology, which aims to create a quiet, motion-robust functional MRI (fMRI) acquisition capable of achieving commonly used spatial and...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant award of $275,000 to Adialante L.L.C. focuses on the development of techniques to facilitate the design and fabrication of affordable, compact, and patient-friendly magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems, particularly for pediatric applications. The project aims to innovate novel B1 imaging approaches, such as Frequency-Encoded and Phase-Encoded Frequency-Modulated Rabi-Encoded Echoes (FREE), that...

This Project Grant award of $408,400 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) will fund the development and assessment of a wearable magnetoencephalography (MEG) system for use in children. The funding will support two key objectives: Developing and optimizing an optically pumped magnetometers (OPM)-based MEG recording system that can accommodate the variable...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286), provides $555,039 to the University of Wisconsin - Madison to design and develop technologies that improve the value and efficiency of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The key products and services to be delivered include: (1) a portfolio of spiral-based, SNR-optimal...