RO1 Grants Awarded

National Institutes of Health
Srinivasan Vedantham, PhD (contact PI), /Andrew Karellas, PhD (MPI)
R01 CA199044
Title:  High-resolution lower dose dedicated breast CT
The goal of this research is to develop a dedicated breast CT system utilizing a unique imaging geometry for high-resolution, low-radiation dose imaging of the uncompressed breast.
Project Period: 05/13/2016 – 04/30/2021

National Institutes of Health
Michael A. King, PhD (PI)
R01EB022092
Title: Combined Multi-Pinhole and Fan-Beam Brain SPECT
This grant is to continue the investigations started under R21-EB016391 by completing the design of the multi-pinhole (MPH) collimator through task-based performance studies, finish development of combined fan-beam and MPH reconstruction, fabricate the MPH collimator, develop motion correction for SPECT brain imaging, and test the MPH collimator and combined reconstruction in phantom and patient studies.
Project Period: 05/18/2016 – 02/29/2020