This 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 the development of breakthrough technology to enable future compact, mid-field (0.7 Tesla) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems. The $499,291 award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025, will be used by the Regents of the University of Minnesota,...
This 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" (CFDA 93.286) program, aims to develop a "Silent Functional MRI Using Looping Star" approach. The $432,749 award, effective March 1, 2025 through January 31, 2029, will fund research to design and optimize silent MRI acquisition methods, develop novel image reconstruction...
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), through its Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286), awarded a $412,801 Project Grant (R01EB035091) to Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc. in Boston, MA to develop an abbreviated, yet enhanced, brain MRI protocol. The goal is to significantly reduce MRI exam duration (from 20-30 minutes to 8 minutes) while capturing quantitative and qualitative MRI...
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $1,117,458 Project Grant (CFDA 93.286) to The General Hospital Corporation (doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital) to develop next-generation in-vivo diffusion MRI (dMRI) technologies. The project aims to overcome key technical challenges in achieving high-quality, motion-robust mesoscale-resolution dMRI and microstructure imaging within clinically feasible scan times. The proposed innovations include...
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $732,220 Project Grant (CFDA 93.286 - Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health) to The General Hospital Corporation, doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), for the project "Comprehensive Prospective Correction of Head Motion in Functional MRI." The project aims to develop acquisition, image reconstruction, and analysis software to measure,...
This 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 $306,203 to Resonance Research Inc. to develop an optimized prototype of a digitally-controlled, real-time multiband shimming system for improved neuroimaging on Siemens 7T MRI scanners. The goal is to demonstrate the feasibility of a practical shim subsystem that can...
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $117,507 Project Grant (CFDA 93.286 - Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health) to New York University School of Medicine to develop an open-source software tool for rapidly modeling and simulating radiofrequency (RF) coils used in ultra-high field (> 3T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The software aims to enable more efficient and accurate design of RF coils to...
This federal Project Grant award, worth $621,617, was provided by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program. The award supports the development and optimization of a rapid and robust quantitative magnetic resonance (MR) imaging technique for high-resolution volumetric brain imaging. Key objectives include: Developing and optimizing a new B1-insensitive MR...
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $1,360,447.52 Project Grant under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health (CFDA 93.286) program to The General Hospital Corporation, doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), with a project period from Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2027. The grant funds the development and evaluation of an inexpensive, lightweight "brain monitor" device using...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), part of the National Institutes of Health, provides $1,669,816 to Yale University to enhance the technical development of an open, low-field MRI system that can be integrated into a doctor's office exam table. The project aims to improve the image quality and accessibility of MRI scans by incorporating innovations in spatial encoding, pulse sequences, and reconstruction techniques....