The federal Project Grant award R01EB036561, totaling $514,357, 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 program (CFDA 93.286). The grant supports the development of a portable, liquid-helium-free 1-T/560-mm RT bore point-of-care MRI magnet prototype. This innovative medical imaging technology is aimed at transforming the diagnosis and treatment of...
The Regents of the University of Minnesota received a $599,994.30 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering to develop novel radiofrequency hardware for use at 10.5 Tesla to obtain functional magnetic resonance imaging signals at ultra-high resolutions in non-human primates. The goal is to directly test how well whole brain directional connectivity estimates from fMRI correspond with ground truth tract tracing...
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 $555,039 to the University of Wisconsin - Madison to design and develop technologies that improve the value and efficiency of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The key products and services to be delivered include: (1) a portfolio of spiral-based, SNR-optimal...
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), is for the development of a novel open-source optimization framework for the design and simulation of radiofrequency (RF) coils for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The $595,870 award will support the creation of a software toolkit that can automatically optimize the...
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 program (CFDA 93.286) to The General Hospital Corporation, doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), to develop and evaluate an inexpensive, lightweight "brain monitor" device using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology. The goal is to create a portable MRI-based...
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) has awarded a $306,203 Project Grant under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286) to Resonance Research Inc. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, supports the development of an advanced, digitally-controlled multiband shimming system for improved neuroimaging using high-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners. The goal is to create a...
This $884,573 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), is supporting the development of a fast, comprehensive brain MRI technique. The goal is to reduce exam duration by roughly three-fold while capturing quantitative and qualitative MRI contrasts, as well as gadolinium-based enhancement. The project is being led by...
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 $185,625 to The General Hospital Corporation (doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital) to develop a novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology. The technology aims to address the flip angle inhomogeneity problem in high-field 7 Tesla MRI through the...
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 $350,242 to New York University to develop a novel, rapid, and memory-efficient open-source software for radiofrequency (RF) coil modeling in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The project aims to create a powerful electromagnetic modeling software tool that leverages...
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $1,758,475 Project Grant under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286) to The General Hospital Corporation, doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), to develop next-generation in-vivo diffusion MRI (DMRI) technologies. The project aims to overcome key challenges with current DMRI methods, including lack of sensitivity to detect...