COMPUTER COLOR MEASUREMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL LESIONS

Award Information

Agency: Department of Health and Human Services	Branch: N/A	Award ID: 19028	Program Year/Program: 1992 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 19028	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: Precision Optics Corpon
22 East Broadway Gardner, MA 01440
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 1: Fiscal Year: 1992

Title: COMPUTER COLOR MEASUREMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL LESIONS

Agency: HHS

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $49,998.00

Abstract:
WE WILL APPLY COMPUTER IMAGE PROCESSING TO COLOR VIDEO IMAGES OBTAINED WITH GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPES. APPLYING THIS TECHNIQUE WILL ALLOW PRECISE COLOR MEASUREMENTS OF SUSPECTED ABNORMAL LESIONS AND NEARBY NORMAL TISSUE. THESE COLOR MEASUREMENTS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF INCREASING THE ACCURACY OF DIAGNOSES ON SUBTLE MUCOSAL LESIONS ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASES SUCH AS BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS, TYPE B GASTRITIS, COLONIC NEOPLASIA. AND DYSPLASIA IN ULCERATIVE COLITIS. IN THE INVEETIGATION, WE WILL PERFORM COLOR CONTRAST MEASUREMENTS (CCM) TO ENDOSCOPIC IMAGES OBTAINED FROM 12 PATIENTS. THE DATA WILL BE COMPARED TO HISTOPATHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE DIAGNOSTIC FEASIBILITY OF THE NEW METHOD.

Principal Investigator:
Arthur H Shoemaker
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Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Precision Optics Corpon
22 East Broadway Gardner, MA 01440

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DUNS: N/A

Number of Employees: N/A

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No