Project Grant R44NS084788

This federal Project Grant award of $422,623.00, provided by 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 a high-fidelity brain perfusion MRI technique for newborns less than one week of age. The project, led by The Johns Hopkins University, aims to address the critical challenge of measuring cerebral blood flow...

This Project Grant award, funded by 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), aims to significantly enhance quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology for in-vivo analysis of neurovascular structures and the early developing brain's response to perinatal stroke. The $511,583 award, with a project period from August 1, 2025 to May 31,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (CFDA 93.286 - Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health) provides $808,070 to The General Hospital Corporation, doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), to develop a novel head-neck imaging system for comprehensive neurological MRI exams at 7 Tesla. The project aims to create a 16-channel transmit/64-channel receive radiofrequency coil...

This $1,336,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) under the CFDA 93.286 "Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health" program supports the development of a rapid, motion-robust, and low-gadolinium MRI technology for pediatric brain tumors. The key objectives are to (1) develop cutting-edge technologies for rapid, motion-robust, and quantitative MRI scans to reduce sedation needs...

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), is focused on developing a next-generation photoacoustic computed tomography device for non-invasive monitoring of brain oxygen metabolism. The $249,000 award, spanning July 2025 to June 2028, aims to design, fabricate, and validate a handheld photoacoustic imaging device that...

This four-year, $1.1 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will fund the development of physics-informed machine learning techniques to analyze dynamic blood flow from static subtraction computed tomographic angiography imaging. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will train graduate students in deep learning methods and engage undergraduates and local high school students, particularly those from...

This federal Project Grant award for $641,360 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) aims to develop a digitally programmable and versatile radio frequency (RF) coil for ultra-high-field brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at 7 Tesla. The award will support the creation of an "Any-Nucleus Distributed Active Programmable Transmit...

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded a $147,486 Project Grant under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2027. The grant funds the development of a novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) method to concurrently measure brain tissue displacement, blood dynamics, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow in humans. This research...

The federal Project Grant award of $884,573 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 being used by Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc. to develop an "Abbreviated Yet Enhanced Neuro MRI Protocol." The project aims to reduce brain MRI exam duration by roughly three-fold while capturing quantitative and qualitative MRI contrasts as...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $700,067.00, was provided by 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) federal grant program. The primary goal of this project is to develop and validate a new magnetic resonance-based multimodal imaging technology that can simultaneously acquire a large set of molecular and tissue property biomarkers...