This Project Grant award of $1,152,939 from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) under the "Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health" (CFDA 93.286) program supports the development of a highly innovative wireless MRI scanner architecture. The key products and services to be delivered include: A stand-alone, platform-independent high-channel-count wireless integrated radio-frequency (RF)/shim coil array...
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), will fund research to develop wireless MRI receive arrays. The key products and services to be delivered include: Architecturing wireless MRI arrays by developing supporting technologies such as wireless power transfer, low-power receiver electronics, wireless coil...
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) has awarded a $499,291 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 Minnesota. The grant funding will support the development of breakthrough technology to enable future compact, mid-field (0.7 Tesla) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems. This technology is intended to improve the...
This $305,000 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 funding the development of a miniature diamond quantum sensor for magnetoencephalography (MEG) imaging. The goal is to create a lower-cost, high-resolution brain imaging system to study neurological disorders like traumatic brain injury, schizophrenia, and epilepsy....
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), under the Federal Grant Program "Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health" (CFDA 93.286), provides $350,242 to New York University School of Medicine to develop a novel, rapid, and memory-efficient open-source software for radiofrequency (RF) coil modeling in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The aim is to create an innovative...
This Project Grant award of $2,042,418.00 from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) under the "Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health" (CFDA 93.286) program supports the development of an absolute 3D whole-brain thermometry system using novel multinuclear MRI techniques. The goal is to enable accurate detection and characterization of ischemic cerebral hyperthermia, which can significantly worsen...
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 $514,357 to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop a portable, liquid-helium-free 1-T/560-mm RT bore point-of-care MRI magnet prototype. The project aims to advance magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology, which is critical for diagnosing a...
This federal Project Grant award, provided 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), supports the development of a novel open-source optimization framework for the design and simulation of radiofrequency (RF) coils used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The $595,870 award, effective January 3, 2025 through December 31, 2028, will...
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $412,801 Project Grant under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286) to Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc., a subsidiary of Partners Healthcare System Incorporated. The goal of the project is to develop a time-abbreviated, comprehensive brain MRI exam protocol that can capture a variety of quantitative and qualitative MRI contrasts, including...
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) has awarded a $1,806,252 Project Grant under the "Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health" program (CFDA 93.286) to The Leland Stanford Junior University. The award, titled "Rapid and Robust Pediatric MRI", aims to develop advanced MRI techniques that eliminate the need for anesthesia, glucagon, and intravenous gadolinium contrast in pediatric imaging,...