Project Grant 1347454

This SBIR Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to develop an innovative screening tool for early detection of breast cancer. The $305,000 award to Bired Imaging Inc. supports the efficient extraction of thermal-spatial point-cloud data from infrared images and the rapid assessment of physics-based AI algorithms to improve cancer detection, especially in women with dense breasts. The...

Bired Imaging Inc. received a $256,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to develop an innovative breast cancer detection algorithm using infrared images. The 12-month project period runs from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. The award is funded through the NSF's Directorate for Engineering, specifically its $47.041 million Engineering program. This program aims to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop a wearable, real-time 3D ultrasound system for breast cancer screening. The objective is to improve access to early breast cancer detection, especially for individuals with dense breast tissue or limited imaging access, by providing a low-power, wide-angle, high-resolution volumetric imaging system as an adjunct to routine...

The National Science Foundation awarded Malcova Inc. $1,000,000 under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a novel non-planar spectral breast computed tomography device. Malcova will use the one-year project grant term from May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2024 to further the device's design, build a working prototype, and conduct validation testing using anthropomorphic phantoms. The non-invasive breast CT device employs a new scanning method and...

This $175,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of multi-modal soft tissue characterization technologies for non-invasive breast imaging at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth from April 2022 through March 2024. Funded under the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), the research aims to establish optimization algorithms and parameters for visualizing breast tissue cross-sections non-invasively using an integrated...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $1.25M in funding to X-Sight Incorporated to develop a new generation of compact, lightweight 3D X-ray or computed tomography (CT) imaging systems. The project aims to create faster, more cost-effective CT scanners that can improve access to healthcare, enhance national security screening, and advance manufacturing quality control. The key innovation...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084). The $999,545 award, active from December 1, 2024 to November 30, 2026, supports Senoguard Inc.'s development and testing of a novel minimally invasive cryoablation probe and external cryoagent controller. This system is intended to provide an adjunctive therapy that can be performed by...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project aims to develop a terahertz radar imaging transceiver to improve concealed threat detection for law enforcement and event venue security. The $274,927 award from the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program will support the design, implementation, fabrication, and testing of a terahertz radar transceiver, a critical component for a portable, discreet security screening...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Project Grant award (CFDA 47.070) of $195,000 will fund the development of a weakly-supervised breast cancer detection system using active and weakly-supervised learning techniques to improve breast cancer diagnosis from ultrasound images. The project aims to create a deep learning model that can detect breast cancer effectively with minimal annotations, addressing the challenges of noisy, low-contrast...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $255,731 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project Grant to Senoguard Inc. under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The grant funds the development and preclinical testing of a novel cryoablation probe system for post-lumpectomy margin ablation cancer treatment. Specifically, the company will design and optimize the probe for optimal contact and thermal transfer with tumor cells in fixed in vitro testing. The...