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We will develop and test a simulator of diagnostic vascular ultrasound for use in medical education and professional certification. The simulator will include not only two-dimensional (2D) images but also Doppler spectral waveforms to simulate duplex ultrasound scanning. The rationale is that education in diagnostic ultrasound has traditionally been based on an extended duration of clinical exposu ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Burkholderia pseudomallei is a Gram negative bacterium that is the causative agent of melioidosis The bacterium causes significant morbidity and mortality in tropical regions and endemic areas are expanding Melioidosis is difficult to trea and diagnose due to the fact that B pseudomallei is resistant to common antibiotics and symptoms are non specific Morta ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Congenital heart disease (CHD) ranges from benign lesions to life-threatening structural abnormalities. While benign lesions may resolve without intervention, severe structural lesions require complex pediatric cardiacsurgery. The reconstruction of the aortic arch in children is a complex repair in which perioperative bleeding i a significant, important and fre ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Due to its asymptomatic nature and lack of methods for early detection, gt 80% of pancreatic cancer (PC) patients present with an unresectable primary tumor with distant metastasis at the time of diagnosis. While the overall 5 year survival rate of pancreatic cancer is dismal, significantly better outcomes have been reported for smaller tumors detected at an e ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This project aims to improve the accuracy of tests for early tooth decay dental caries specifically for interproximal surfaces where the posterior teeth abut one another In these regions there is no physical space to visually inspect or probe for caries Instead dentists rely on bitewing X rays BWs But dentists cannot tell whether lucencies observed ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The product is a slide coated with silica colloidal crystals to combine protein electrophoresis with matrix assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry MALDI MS detection giving superior performance in both The Phase II proposal will be to develop an instrument for facile application of the slide in proteomics of intat glycoproteins This propos ...