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City planners and engineers need detailed assessments of public rights-of-way to evaluate existing conditions, determine compliance with draft accessibility guidelines, and plan reconstruction projects. Current assessment methods are inadequate and inefficient due to the time and resources required. This project will develop an automated public rights-of-way assessment process and the measuremen ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to develop NeuroAutomatica, an innovative, automated neuron reconstruction software platform that provides analysis tools for automated quantitative analysis of neuronal structure. The software will provide multi-scalar information about multiple individual neurons in close proximity, including dendritic spines. Providing this innovative functionalit ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose a commercial product composed of a computerized microscope system that allows investigators to perform automated, quantitative analyses of locomotory and other complex behaviors of freely moving C. elegans nematodes. Using the soil nematode, C. elegans, as a practical and efficient model in toxicology studies requires creation of automated technologi ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A fast, cost-effective multispectral confocal imaging capability for high-resolution mapping in vivo will be created during this project. This new approach will be based on fiber Bragg gratings, a technology not utilized previously in biomedical imaging, and will ultimately enable the early in vivo detection and treatment of cancer at the cellular level. The c ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long term goal of this project is to develop a biomarker - the Needle Torque Test (NTT) - capable of detecting connective tissue abnormalities associated with musculoskeletal disorders. The NTT is administered by inserting an acupuncture needle into connective tissue and using the Automated Needle Torque Sensor to deliver a precise biomechanical stimulus to ...

LARGE NUMBERS OF RESEARCH QUALITY AMPHIBIANS ARE NEEDED ANNUALLY FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE SEASONAL SHORTAGES AND INCONSISTENT SUPPLY OF THE BULLFROG, RANA CATESBIANA AND AXOLOTL, AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM. THROUGH TEMPERATURE MANIPULATION AND HORMONAL INJECTION IT WILL BE SHOWN THAT THESE AMPHIBIANS CAN NOT ONLY BE CULTURED AND CONDITIONED IN CAPTIVITY TO THE EXTEND NEEDED, BUT THAT ...

A SIX MONTH PROGRAM TO DEVELOP A RUGGED NEW DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE ONSET OF ICE FORMATION ON SURFACES OF TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES, ROADS, BRIDGES AND AIRCRAFTS, WILL BE DEVELOPED AND A PROTOTYPE WILL BE LABORATORY TESTED. THE NOVEL GAGE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM IS PARTLY BASED ON THE TECHNOLOGY APPLIED TO MEASURE CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLUTIONS. BASED ON EXISTING TECHNOLOGY, AND ALREADY TESTED UNDER HIGH ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Ongoing concerns about the management and treatment of children's pain/mood make quantitative assessment in children a high medical priority. Currently, the dominant clinical technique has children indicate only their pain by selecting from among a set of static, stylized facial expressions. Although the widespread use of such methods has yielded substantial cl ...

Location 1860 WENDY WAY RENO, NV 89509 United States N44CO200900040 $749 996.00 2 009 PHASE II TOPIC 233: AUTOMATED PROCESSING OF CANCER-RELATED DATA Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health SBIR PHS2009-1 QUANTUMMARK LLC Phas ...