The overall objective of this program is the development of an inexpensive, remote microwave respiration monitor for use in recovery rooms and concentrated care units that will reduce the need for sensor attachment to the patient. usingadvanced microwave techniques that incorporate passive… More

We will design, assemble, and demonstrate improved equipment for adjuvant thermotherapy of choroidal melanoma. a single-frequency generator with integral telethermometer and a suitable ibm-compatible computer interface will be automatically controlled to provide a pre-determined temperature at a… More

The long-term objective of this research is to develop an affordable microwave radiometric system for non-invasive imaging of tissue temperatures. the aims of the phase i research are as follows: 1) evaluate the ability of a novel single-band microwave radiometer developed by us to discriminate… More

The objective of this program is to develop, analyze, and assess the performance of a system for locating the position of HF and VHF transmitters using energy from these transmitters that incidentally scatters from metor trails. The proposal presented a candidate algorithm for meteor scatter… More

This proposed program will demonstrate the feasibility of a battleground IFF system in which neither the interrogator nor the responder need to transmit distinguishable electromagnetic signals which can act as beacons to enemy anti-radiation weapons. The system can operate in a fully double-passive… More

We will develop a monitoring technology to accurately screen patients on an outpatient basis by monitoring physiologic variables capable of indicating whether or not there is a need for further, more costly, sleep disorder testing. The contractor shall develop and package a multi-channel, wireless… More

Not Available There is an ever-growing need for thermal and environmental barrier coatings for applications in aerospace and defense industries. Such coating of aircraft fuselage, supersonic aircraft fuel tanks, cryogenic containers and munitions packages not only reduces the need for elaborate… More

DESCRIPTION (Provided by the Applicant): The specific aims of the proposed Phase II program are to design, fabricate, and test in the prostates of dogs an improved instrument for hyperthermia treatments of localized prostate cancer. The instrument will use two cooperating… More

DESCRIPTION (Provided by the Applicant): The specific aims of the proposed Phase II program are to design, fabricate, and test in the prostates of dogs an improved instrument for hyperthermia treatments of localized prostate cancer. The instrument will use two cooperating… More

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from Applicant's Abstract): The long-term objective of this program is to improve the efficacy of hyperthermia treatments for patients with superficial skin diseases that cover large areas overlying contoured anatomies, such as chestwall recurrence of… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of the proposed Phase II program is to design, fabricate, and test in an animal model a flexible system for the rapid and accurate non-invasive measurement of skin and subsurface tissue temperatures over large areas of the body. To accomplish this… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of the proposed Phase II program is to design, fabricate, and test in an animal model a flexible system for the rapid and accurate non-invasive measurement of skin and subsurface tissue temperatures over large areas of the body. To accomplish this… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant):The overall aim of the proposed program is to develop, fabricate and clinically test an easy-to-use affordable diagnostic instrument that can non-invasively detect subsurface inflammations and estimate the temperatures of such inflammations. The design of this… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall aim of the proposed Phase II program is to complete the development and evaluation of a self-calibrating, low-cost Handheld Digital Microwave Radiometer that can non-invasively measure subsurface temperatures by simple contact with the human body in… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-term objectives of the proposed research program are to provide the instrumentation required to perform minimally invasive procedures for safely dilating or occluding the lumens of canals, ducts or vessels that are located almost anywhere in the body.… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The specific aims of the Phase II research are the development and testing in an animal model of minimally invasive microwave balloon catheter instrumentation for producing biological stents in pancreatic ducts and bile ducts and for producing biological… More