This $294,632 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) under the Oral Diseases and Disorders Research program (CFDA 93.121) aims to develop an intraoral camera system that can detect and monitor dental caries (tooth decay) using fluorescent nanoparticle technology and artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. The award will fund the development of a minimally viable product (MVP) intraoral camera system that can capture clinical white-light and...
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), under the Oral Diseases and Disorders Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.121), has awarded a $306,633 Project Grant to Ther-Ai LLC to develop CRANIAMAP, a software suite for automated segmentation and landmarking of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans. The goal of this SBIR Phase I project is to create a robust, comprehensive solution that can dramatically enhance the speed and accuracy of critical diagnostic...
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) awarded a $219,132 Project Grant under the Oral Diseases and Disorders Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.121) to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). The project aims to develop a pragmatic, interpretable index model for assessing national-level dental caries experience using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Specifically, the project will: (1) construct and validate a...
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), through the Oral Diseases and Disorders Research program (CFDA 93.121), awarded a $350,000 Project Grant to Deep Reasoning AI Inc. to develop the Deep Reasoning AI Virtual Anatomical Technology & Augmented Reasoning (DR-AIVATAR) platform. This multi-agent AI system aims to provide accurate, rapid, and low-cost personalized 3D anatomical modeling, surgical planning, and decision-making capabilities for craniomaxillofacial...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), under the Oral Diseases and Disorders Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.121), provides $619,347 to Light Research Inc. to develop a compact multimodal intraoral camera. The device integrates polarized white light imaging, autofluorescence imaging, optical coherence tomography, and near-infrared transillumination imaging modalities to improve the detection and diagnosis of dental caries...
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) awarded a $148,569 Project Grant (CFDA 93.121 - Oral Diseases and Disorders Research) to the Regents of the University of Michigan to conduct a multiparametric characterization of periodontal tissues for improved inflammation monitoring. The research project aims to establish quantitative ultrasound biomarkers and a machine learning classifier to better characterize the inflammatory condition of periodontal tissues. Key...
This Project Grant award, identified as R03OD038393, was provided by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) under the Oral Diseases and Disorders Research program (CFDA 93.121). The $1 award will fund the development of a machine learning tool using Visible Neural Networks (VNN) to enhance the explanatory power of knowledge graphs derived from data in the Common Fund Data Ecosystem (CFDE) for translating genome-wide association study (GWAS) results into actionable...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) under the Oral Diseases and Disorders Research program (CFDA 93.121), aims to develop an innovative multimodal imaging diagnostic platform for risk assessment of precancerous oral lesions. The $550,296 award, with a project period from September 2024 to September 2025, will integrate Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) imaging, histological imaging, and spatial transcriptomics techniques,...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), under the Oral Diseases and Disorders Research program (CFDA 93.121), aims to develop a novel platform for rapid and personalized creation of advanced dental restoration materials. The $1,297,941 award, made on September 18, 2024, supports a multi-faceted research effort by the ADA Forsyth Institute, Inc. to create self-improving dental adhesives, bioactive composites with self-healing and...
The federal Project Grant award of $1,430,124 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 - Cardiovascular Diseases Research) to The Leland Stanford Junior University aims to evaluate the prevalence, epidemiology, and prognostic value of deep learning-based coronary artery calcium (DL-CAC) scoring on routine non-gated chest CT scans. The study, known as the Novel Incidental Calcium Evaluation (NICE), will analyze data from approximately 186,000 patients across three health...