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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We are developing an accommodative - disaccommodative intraocular lens implant (ADIOL) system based on a novel concept of capturing zonular tension and transmitting it unimpeded to a dynamically position intraocular lens system. This is made possible by a zonular capture haptic (ZCH) apparatus. This apparatus lends itself equally well to several possible combin ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Validation of computing algorithms has been a challenging topic over the last few years. In fact, several international workshops in the medical imaging field started to involve the community through grand challenges . A grand challenge involves selecting driving biological/scientific problem and asking experts to submit their best results and methods to solve ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project aims to develop a commercial software product, VirtualDoseTM, for calculating and analyzing patient radiation doses from x-ray computed tomography (CT) examinations. Despite its essential role in radiology, CT is responsible for raising the collective medical radiation dose to the American population to a level that is associated with measurable a ...

Project SummarySimulation training is unique in its ability for repetitive practice of a wide variety of scenarios and to reflect on performance without jeopardizing a patient s safetySurgical skills simulators have been successful in bridging gaps of the current training modelhoweverthese simulators fall short of offering a complete operative experienceOperative exposure with live patients still ...

PROJECT SUMMARY The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Quality Payment Program is designed to motivate healthcare providers to adhere to best practices in clinical healthcare and patient safetyUnfortunatelyextracting quality measures data from the clinical record is burdensome and as suchparticipation among clinical healthcare providers is suboptimalOur aim is to develop a system to facilit ...

Project Summary While studies support the efficacy of comprehensiveschool wide interventions in reducing bullyingthese types of programs can require significant time and financial resources for implementationresulting in barriers to providing school based bullying preventionespecially in low income and rural communitiesAdditionallyalthough training bystanders to act asdefenderson behalf of targets ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in adults over 50 years. Choroidal neovascularization (CNV), the pathologic creation of new blood vessels in the choroid layer of the eye, is a principal cause of blindness due to AMD. Current therapeutic management of AMD is far from optimal and requires repeated injections in the vitreou ...

The Point DigitA Ratcheting Prosthetic Finger UsingAdvanced Rapid Manufacturing Technology Project SummaryAbstract The goal of the proposed project is to develop and commercialize a purely mechanicalratcheting prosthetic fingerthe Point Digitwhichhas an industry leading strength to weight ratiocan be operated unilaterallyone handedoffers anatomical rotation and flexion around the patient s metacar ...

We propose scalable, linear-time models and algorithms for online social network analysis that remedy limitations of current state-of-the-art models by creating a capability for tracking, predicting affiliations, and roles of participants in and across online communities. The model goes beyond simple clustering and community detection by using more of the message in the media, i.e. by taking into ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Breast cancer is expected to cause 39,510 deaths of American women in 2012 and 450,000 deaths globally. Once breast cancer has spread, it is essentially incurable. A critical barrier to treating advanced breast cancer is the lack of cancer-specific drugs that are effective in a large percentage of cancer patients and have low toxicity. Sixone Solutions, LLC pro ...