Project Grant R43NS093875

The federal Project Grant award R44NS122713, totaling $886,703, 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 funding supports the development of ACCUGYD, an advanced guidance system for MRI-guided neurosurgical procedures. ACCUGYD aims to improve the accuracy, efficiency, and workflow of minimally invasive neurosurgical techniques, such as those...

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $1,816,884 Project Grant under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286) to the Children's Research Institute in Washington, D.C. The grant supports the development, evaluation, and regulatory preparation for a new technique that combines a low-profile robotic guidance system with low-dose 3D cone-beam tomosynthesis imaging to improve the...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, supports the development and validation of a novel, projection-based surgical navigation platform by Illuminant Surgical Inc. The $274,865 award, effective January 15, 2024, aims to create a system that projects visual anatomical references and guidance directly onto a patient's skin during minimally invasive spinal procedures. This is expected to...

This $2,278,167 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) supports the development of non-invasive transcranial volumetric super-resolution imaging, targeted contrast agents, and image-guided focused ultrasound surgery. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the California Institute of Technology will...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $1,419,954 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) federal grant program, aims to advance the development of adaptive deep brain stimulation (aDBS) therapy for Parkinson's disease (PD). The key objectives are to: 1) Reduce the complexity and risk of chronic cortical sensing by using subgaleal leads instead of intracranial...

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded a $469,500 Project Grant under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) to Michigan Technological University. The grant, titled "Dissecting Neural Circuit Mechanisms Underlying Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation," will fund research to identify the neural elements and circuits necessary for the therapeutic effects of deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the globus...

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $1,938,467 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. in Boston, MA. The project aims to develop a robotic catheter placement system with a novel fiber-optic shape-sensing stylet to enable real-time tracking and optimization of catheter placement for image-guided pelvic...

This Project Grant award of $606,609 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 focused on developing a novel photostimulation system for cardiac resynchronization therapy. The key objectives are to design, fabricate, and evaluate a range of porosity-based silicon heterojunction devices tailored for optical modulation of cardiac tissues. The...

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), part of the Department of Health and Human Services, awarded a $179,000 Project Grant under CFDA 93.286 "Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health" to Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc. to develop image processing algorithms for improving the visualization and interpretation of digital subtraction angiography (DSA) imaging used for cerebrovascular surgical planning....

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 $1,164,876 to assess the radiofrequency (RF) heating effects of active implantable medical devices during low-field (0.55 T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. The 3-year research project, led by Northwestern University, aims to create and validate...