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NEUROANATOMY WORKSTATION AND KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 7356
Amount: $500,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1989
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
7040 Oak Bluff
Dallas, TX 75240
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Wade K Smith Md
 (214) 387-2775
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
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Abstract

THIS PROJECT WILL EXPLORE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADVANCED, LOW-COST COMPUTER SYSTEM, BASED ON A VIRTUAL-MEMORY INTEL 80386 PROCESSOR, FOR IMAGE ANALYSIS, GRAPHICAL DATA STORAGE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION THAT WILL BE USED AS A NEUROANATOMICAL WORKSTATION. THE STATION WILL INCLUDE PROVISIONS FOR DATA INPUT FROM A DIGITIZING TABLET, COMPUTER MICROSCOPY USING A LIGHT MICROSCOPE WITH STEPPER MOTOR STAGE, AND AUTORADIOGRAPHY ANALYSIS WITH A VIDEO CAMERA AND LIGHT BOX. A MODELING AND RECONSTRUCTION PACKAGEWILL FEATURE SOLID-BODY GRAPHICAL IMAGING, AND A STANDARDIZED DATABASE FORMAT WILL PROMOTE DATA ARCHIVING AND EXCHANGE AMONG A COMMUNITY OF USERS. THE AIMS OF THIS PROJECT ARE: (1) TO PUT EXISTING SOFTWARE AND TEST CAPABILITIES ON A 80386-BASED SYSTEM, (2) TO DESIGNFUTURE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FOR A "NEUROANATOMIST'S NOTEBOOK," AND (3) TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF APPLYING ADVANCED SYSTEM FEATURES AND KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION TECHNIQUES FOR LATER DEVELOPMENT IN PHASE II.

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