The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,125,000 Project Grant to Case Western Reserve University's Office of Research Administration Division (doing business as University Hospitals of Cleveland) under the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2023 and scheduled for completion on August 31, 2027, supports the development of an artificial intelligence-generated virtual contrast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system to diagnose liver tumors. This novel approach aims to reduce the time, cost, and morbidity associated with the current practice of using chemical contrast agents during MRI scans. The project brings together an interdisciplinary team of researchers in computer science, biomedical engineering, and clinical radiology to advance contextual adversarial learning, uncertainty analysis, and reliability-based models for contrast-enhanced imaging. The grant also funds an integrated education and outreach program to train a diverse group of students, from K-12 to postdoctoral fellows, in machine learning, image processing, and medical imaging.
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