The University of Michigan was awarded a $1.8 million project grant from the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director under the Research Infrastructure Programs federal grant program to purchase a Leica SP8 confocal microscope. The microscope will support over 30 investigators at the University engaged in diabetes, vision, and retinal research by replacing two aging microscopes in the university's shared imaging facility. The new microscope will provide high-speed resonant scanning...
This federal Project Grant award of $256,296 from the National Eye Institute (NEI) under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) aims to develop and validate a new optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) technology that can expand the depth range for imaging retinal microvasculature. The proposed work involves developing a high-speed adaptive ranging OCTA system leveraging integrated photonic components to improve the visualization of the peripheral retinal microvasculature, which is...
This Project Grant award from the National Eye Institute (NEI), under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), provides $306,462 to Ifocus Imaging LLC to develop a software platform, OCT-ART-DR, that will automate the diagnosis and staging of diabetic retinopathy (DR) using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) imaging and artificial intelligence. The key products to be delivered under this award include: Improved AI-based segmentation of OCTA image features relevant to DR, such as...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $485,602 Project Grant under the Biomedical Research and Research Training Program (CFDA 93.859) to the University of Rochester to develop flexible, dual-duration, multi-wavelength fiber sources of light for nonlinear and multimodal imaging. The goal is to enable significant advancements in biomedical research and clinical applications by providing a low-cost, accessible source for high-contrast, high-speed, and deep-tissue...
The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded a $881,796 Project Grant (CFDA 93.867 - Vision Research) to Siloam Vision, Inc. to develop innovative, cost-effective retinal imaging solutions for pediatric patients, particularly to address the unmet need in retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening and diagnosis. The key products being developed under this grant include: An ultra-widefield (up to 165 degrees) retinal imaging system using either a scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) or optical...
This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351 - Research Infrastructure Programs) provides $884,837 to the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) to purchase a Leica Stellaris 8 (LS8) confocal microscope. The new microscope will replace UCSC's aging confocal microscope and enhance the imaging capabilities of the university's Life Sciences Microscopy Center core facility. The LS8 confocal microscope will...
This Project Grant award from the National Eye Institute (NEI), under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), provides $673,747 to New York University School of Medicine to develop a visible-to-near-infrared spanning optical coherence tomography (OCT) system. The system will enable high-resolution, depth-resolved imaging of key biomarkers related to aging and early age-related macular degeneration (AMD), including macular pigments and retinal pigment epithelium melanosomes. The goal is to...
This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $872,734 to The General Hospital Corporation, doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), to acquire a Leica Stellaris 8 Falcon confocal microscope. The new microscope will modernize the imaging platform at MGH's Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases (CIID), replacing an aging confocal microscope that is no longer fully supported. The Leica Stellaris...
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...
This $976,308 National Science Foundation project grant funds the University of Miami to develop a novel fundus multiwavelength imaging device for simultaneous multiwavelength imaging of the retinal nerve fiber layer. The goal is to design, construct, and validate a non-contact optical method that can sensitively detect early glaucoma damage through in vivo measurement of retinal spectral reflectance changes. Specifically, the University of Miami will design and construct a new fundus imaging...