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Abstract. Melanoma is the third most common form of skin cancer with estimated 87,110 new cases diagnosed in the United States in the year 2017. Current routine diagnostic approaches utilize microscopic evaluation of thinly sectioned patient biopsies, but in certain cases diagnosis can be contentious even among experts. The overall goal of this multi-phase SBIR project is to develop, validate, and ...

Volume overload (congestion) occurs in patients with heart failure (HF) and is the leading cause of hospitalization in the elderly worldwide. Unfortunately, clinical signs and symptoms; laboratory values; and existing diagnostic tools are unreliable in providing accurate assessment of volume status. Using a unique physiologic signal, Non-Invasive Venous waveform Analysis (NIVA), VoluMetrix has dev ...

Project Summary/Abstract: The objective of this proposal is to create a new surgical device that provides dexterity at the tip of a rigid bronchoscope. Our new system will deliver needle-sized, tentacle-like arms through the bronchoscope port, enabling independent tissue manipulation, laser fiber aiming, and visualization, which we hypothesize will make central airway obstruction surgery safer, m ...

PROJECT SUMMARY A conventional prosthetic ankle consists of a carbon fiber ankle-foot complex that is nominally configured to a neutral position. These prostheses generally work well for level walking and level-ground standing, but lack the adaptability to explicitly accommodate other terrain or locomotion activities, such as slope walking, slope standing, and stair ambulation. As such, common act ...

This project will complete 6 years of work by Coulometrics to develop a new environmentally friendly and lower cost process to produce high-quality LIB anode material that exhibits: • lower cost; • improved purification through an environmentally friendly process, and; • a high quality and consistent material suitable for demanding EV applications.Virtually all graphite for lithium ion batte ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Early accurate identification and treatment of young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) represents a pressing public health and clinical care challenge. Given mounting evidence that early, accurate diagnosis of ASD is possible and that very young children who receive intervention can demonstrate substantial gains in functioning, current American Academy of Pediatrics prac ...

High energy physics research, modern medicine and advanced materials are continually demanding stronger magnetic fields. Efforts to generate fields in excess of 25 Tesla have been a principal driver of High Temperature Superconductor research. Although HTS materials were discovered decades ago and have always shown significant potential for high field use, until recently magnets using the technolo ...

Instrumentation and control systems in nuclear power plants are made of an assembly of analog and/or digital components which together emit a unique electromagnetic signature that relates to the condition of the whole assembly.This signature can therefore be recorded, analyzed, and tracked to determine the condition and health of instrumentation and control systems.This is very important to the nu ...

Electromagnetic compatibility testing guidelines developed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Electric Power Research Institute are currently used in the nuclear industry to ensure that digital equipment can operate safely in the electromagnetic environment of a typical nuclear power plant.While the current testing standards provide industry-accepted methodologies and criteria for the ev ...

In the Phase I effort, GTL showed that future missile interceptor performance can be substantially increased by the combination of an innovative configuration and a breakthrough composite tank technology. The Phase II effort will include material characterization testing and the fabrication and testing of multiple small-scale tanks. Based on those results, GTL will design, analyze, fabricate and t ...