The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $366,006 Project Grant (CFDA 93.286 - Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation to develop flexible piezo film intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) arrays on guidewires and catheters. The goal is to integrate IVUS imaging capability onto standard guidewires and catheters used in over 1 million percutaneous coronary and peripheral...
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $2,278,167 Project Grant under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286) to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The grant aims to develop non-invasive, ultra-high precision transcranial ultrasound surgery techniques for treating brain tumors, such as glioblastoma...
This $124,999 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB, CFDA 93.286 "Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health") supports research to enable high-resolution ultrasound tomography (UST) imaging for improved breast cancer screening. The key objectives are to: (1) mitigate cycle skipping effects that limit the use of high-frequency signals in UST, (2) design and build a UST imaging...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $200,000 to Oakland University aims to develop a novel low-cost, wireless 3D ultrasound imaging system for use in low-resource settings. The key goals are to: 1) establish quantitative tools using signal processing and artificial intelligence to extract ultrasound-derived biomarkers for improved breast cancer diagnosis, and 2) develop a robust calibration, registration, and sensor fusion protocol to...
The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) received a $420,725 Project Grant award under the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering's (NIBIB) "Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health" program (CFDA 93.286). The award will support research and development of advanced negative-index refraction acoustic metamaterials for sub-wavelength ultrasound focusing and imaging at biomedical frequencies. The project aims to...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships) provides $840,292 to Duke University to conduct use-inspired research to overcome technical challenges and knowledge gaps in a transformative 3D ultrasound imaging technology. The goal is to make this technology commercially viable and ready for immediate transfer to the ultrasound market. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: 1) Improving...
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), will support the development and validation of a novel ultrasound hardware technology for high-contrast, high-resolution microvascular imaging. The $200,557 award will enable North Carolina State University to design and implement a custom imaging probe...
This federal Project Grant award of $131,085 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) supports the development of an ultrasound-interrogated, implantable sensor for non-invasive intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring. The award will fund research to optimize the sensor design, evaluate its performance with ultrasound, and test the integrated...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), under the federal Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286), provides $217,461.00 to the University of Illinois to develop an innovative "ChirpCFI" approach for color flow imaging (CFI) using ultrasound. The research aims to overcome limitations of traditional CFI methods by leveraging Doppler-tolerant hyperbolic chirp...
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $365,523 Project Grant (CFDA 93.286 - Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation to conduct research on using ultrasound imaging to track macrophage trafficking in tissue. The key objectives are to: Determine the detection limit of macrophages labeled with ultrasound contrast agents (microbubbles) under different ultrasound...