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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project proposes to build computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) software for use in identifying cortical malformations known as Focal Cortical Dysplasias (FCDs), which are a common cause of epileptic seizures. The intentis for the software, used by a neuroradiologist at a clinical workstation, to decrease the time- intensive nature of the current diagnostic proc ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Photolitec's patented technology is focused on developing improved agents for tumor- imaging, image-guided surgery and/or photodynamic therapy (PDT). The proposed STTR proposal includes fluorescence-image guided PDT, aSee and Treat approach. The fluorescence imaging compound with long wavelength absorption near 800 nm should be extremely useful for image ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Small Business Technology and Transfer (STTR) Fast Track proposal focuses on the translation of innovative research protocols for diagnosing Specific Language Impairment (SLI) into an innovative, easy-to- use app-based screener with high potential for private sector commercialization. SLI is a form of language impairment with no known cause, with a strong ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is characterized by fatty changes in the liver with inflammation and hepatocellular injury that in advanced stages leads to fibrosis and cirrhosis and high mortality rates. NASH is frequently associated with other common metabolic abnormalities, such as insulin resistance and visceral obesity. Liver transplantation is curren ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Type II restriction enzymes (REases) are indispensible tools of modern medical research. It has long been a goal of REase manufacturers to be able to offer programmable specificity enzymes, where the sequence recognizedand resulting cutting activity can be precisely directed to any desired point in a DNA, as this will offer opportunity for improvement in many a ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Medical drugs and devices are regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) based on data from multicenter clinical trials. In 2010, U.S. spending on clinical trials was approximately 25 billion. Over the past decade the efficiency of clinical trials has been improved by electronic data capture (EDC) systems, whose use has increased from 38% to 61% ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Pharmacological Targeting of Endothelial Dysfunction in Atherogenesis Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and is an emerging epidemic world-wide. In particular, atherosclerosis is a life-threatening disease strongly associated with risk factors such as elevated cholesterol levels, high blood pressure and d ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Preeclampsia, a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, is a leading cause of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality around the world, responsible for approximately 76,000 maternal and 500,000 infant deaths per year.As a heterogeneous and poorly understood disorder, its pathogenesis and possible treatments are an area of active research. While the majority o ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The broad objective of this proposal is to improve the clinical effectiveness of liver lesion biopsy by fusing respiratory-compensated PET with CT images in the CT suite. On CT imaging alone, localization of liver lesions can potentially be challenging, particularly in selected cases where differentiation of the tumor from adjacent liver parenchyma may be diffi ...

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 ...