Medical imaging

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" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20221110105239/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2021/06/nist-led-study-finds-variations-quantitative-mri-scanners-measurements"><span property="schema:name">NIST-Led Study Finds Variations in Quantitative MRI Scanners’ Measurements</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2021-06-30T12:00:00Z">June 30, 2021</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary">Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is widely used in medicine to detect, diagnose and treat diseases such as cancer, while relying on experts’ interpretation of</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/news/2019/10/twist-and-spin-harnessing-two-quantum-properties-transforms-neutron-beam" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20221110105239/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2019/10/twist-and-spin-harnessing-two-quantum-properties-transforms-neutron-beam" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20221110105239im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2019/10/29/neutronbeam_thumbnail.jpg?itok=DP-w_Mjk" width="100" height="56" alt="neutron beam illustration thumbnail" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20221110105239/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2019/10/twist-and-spin-harnessing-two-quantum-properties-transforms-neutron-beam"><span property="schema:name">A twist and a spin: harnessing two quantum properties transforms a neutron beam into a powerful probe of material structure</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2019-10-29T12:00:00Z">October 29, 2019</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary">By cleverly manipulating two properties of a neutron beam, NIST scientists and their collaborators have created a powerful probe of materials that have complex</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20221110105239/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news-updates/topic/248676">View All News and Updates</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-container margin-y-4"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-topic paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-region-heading"> <h2> <div class="string">Events</div> </h2> </div> <div class="nist-block "> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-1b692850b31c3281cfcc8f8908302971dcd1aa9e28271a30f8fcb16f8f0daed2"> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/events/2022/12/workshop-measurement-needs-biofabrication-tissue-engineered-medical" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20221110105239/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2022/12/workshop-measurement-needs-biofabrication-tissue-engineered-medical"><span>Workshop on Measurement Needs for Biofabrication of Tissue Engineered Medical Products</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="smartdate">Thu, Dec 1 2022, 11:00am - 5:00pm EST</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">Goal: discuss and identify measurement needs for characterizing biofabricated, tissue engineered medical products for</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20221110105239/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/upcoming-events/topic/248676">View All Events</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-container margin-y-4"> </div> <div class="grid-container margin-y-4"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-topic paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-region-heading"> <h2> <div class="string">Projects and Programs</div> </h2> </div> <div class="nist-block "> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-e19050403f70c04dd3b91c45b2da811531dce9a10f44e781940e0d292ea8586b"> <div> <article role="article" about="/programs-projects/optical-medical-imaging" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20221110105239/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/optical-medical-imaging"><span>Optical medical imaging</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> The Optical Medical Imaging project was established to advance the application of optical imaging in surgical, clinical, and medical practices. Our goal is to </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/programs-projects/hyperspectral-image-projector-hip" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20221110105239/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/hyperspectral-image-projector-hip" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20221110105239im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2018/07/10/hip-engines.jpg?itok=6-vzMR0Z" width="44" height="100" alt="HIP engines" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20221110105239/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/hyperspectral-image-projector-hip"><span>Hyperspectral Image Projector (HIP)</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-badge display-inline-block margin-y-1 nist-badge--blue boolean">Ongoing</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> Detecting climate data with remote sensing instruments, providing state-of-the-art surveillance imagery for security and defense, or getting the most out of </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/programs-projects/neuromorphic-systems" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20221110105239/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/neuromorphic-systems" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20221110105239im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2017/03/31/neuromorphic_icon.png?itok=mGe8bmxf" width="100" height="45" alt="neuromorphic icon" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20221110105239/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/neuromorphic-systems"><span>Neuromorphic systems</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-badge display-inline-block margin-y-1 nist-badge--blue boolean">Ongoing</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> Neuromorphic systems are required to develop cognitive processors as well as to understand how the brain works and how to measure brain function and dysfunction </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/programs-projects/smart-contrast-agents" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20221110105239/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/smart-contrast-agents" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20221110105239im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/projects/thumbnail_smart.jpg?itok=tlaz9vJF" width="100" height="81" alt="SMART contrast agents" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20221110105239/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/smart-contrast-agents"><span>SMART Contrast Agents</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-badge display-inline-block margin-y-1 nist-badge--blue boolean">Ongoing</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> SMART contrast agent project develops multifunctional imaging contrast agents including nano-fabricated agents that can sense and report local properties. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20221110105239/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/projects-programs/topic/248676">View All Projects/Programs</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-container margin-y-4"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-topic paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-region-heading"> <h2> <div class="string">Publications</div> </h2> </div> <div class="nist-block "> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-689708a75f0e68b786b69913b70b1fbdf6449a7f218ad3cfaf028eb42aa4a315"> <div> <article role="article" about="/publications/multi-spectral-quantitative-mri-brain-state-art" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20221110105239/https://www.nist.gov/publications/multi-spectral-quantitative-mri-brain-state-art"><span>Multi-Spectral Quantitative MRI of the Brain: State of the Art</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2022-08-30T12:00:00Z">August 30, 2022</time> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-field nist-field--label-inline text-long"> <div class="nist-field__label">Author(s)</div> <div class="nist-field__item">Hernán Jara, Osamu Sakai, Ezequiel Farrher, Ana-Maria Oros-Peusquens, N. Jon Shah, <span class="nist-author">Katy Keenan</span></div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/publications/apparent-diffusion-coefficient-reproducibility-across-3t-scanners-breast-diffusion" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20221110105239/https://www.nist.gov/publications/apparent-diffusion-coefficient-reproducibility-across-3t-scanners-breast-diffusion"><span>Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Reproducibility across 3T Scanners in a Breast Diffusion Phantom</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2022-08-27T12:00:00Z">August 27, 2022</time> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-field nist-field--label-inline text-long"> <div class="nist-field__label">Author(s)</div> <div class="nist-field__item">Lauren Fang, <span class="nist-author">Katy Keenan</span>, Michael Carl, H Ojeda-Fournier, AE Rodríguez-Soto, Rebecca Rakow-Penner</div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/publications/conformance-3t-radiotherapy-mri-scanner-qiba-diffusion-profile" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20221110105239/https://www.nist.gov/publications/conformance-3t-radiotherapy-mri-scanner-qiba-diffusion-profile"><span>Conformance of a 3T Radiotherapy MRI Scanner to the QIBA Diffusion Profile</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2022-04-01T12:00:00Z">April 1, 2022</time> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-field nist-field--label-inline text-long"> <div class="nist-field__label">Author(s)</div> <div class="nist-field__item">Madeline Carr, <span class="nist-author">Katy Keenan</span>, Robba Rai, Peter Metcalfe, Amy Walker, Lois Holloway</div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/publications/uncertainty-estimation-2d-magnetic-particle-imaging" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20221110105239/https://www.nist.gov/publications/uncertainty-estimation-2d-magnetic-particle-imaging"><span>Uncertainty estimation for 2D magnetic particle imaging</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2022-03-21T12:00:00Z">March 21, 2022</time> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-field nist-field--label-inline text-long"> <div class="nist-field__label">Author(s)</div> <div class="nist-field__item"><span class="nist-author">Mark-Alexander Henn</span>, <span class="nist-author">Klaus Natorf Quelhas</span>, <span class="nist-author">Solomon I. Woods</span></div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) has in recent years been established as a powerful imaging tool that measures thenon-linear magnetic response of magnetic</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-container margin-y-4"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-topic paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-region-heading"> <h2> <div class="string">Software</div> </h2> </div> <div class="nist-block "> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-9b193f27f26be54712023fa7b53a873274845b330977043ef6b8ed12dcbd53f4"> <div> <article role="article" about="/services-resources/software/nists-integrated-colony-enumerator-nice" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20221110105239/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/nists-integrated-colony-enumerator-nice" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20221110105239im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2016/09/21/nicewindow.gif?itok=rZdnL2I_" width="100" height="75" alt="NICE screenshot" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20221110105239/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/nists-integrated-colony-enumerator-nice"><span>NIST's Integrated Colony Enumerator (NICE)</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2021-01-04T12:00:00Z">January 4, 2021</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">Enumeration of bacterial colonies on an agar plate is simple in concept, but automated colony counting is difficult due to variations in colony 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about="/awards/mri-standards-project-wins-2015-co-labs-governors-award" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20221110105239/https://www.nist.gov/awards/mri-standards-project-wins-2015-co-labs-governors-award"><span>MRI Standards Project wins 2015 CO-LABS Governor's Award</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long">Michael Boss, Katy Keenan, Stephen Russek and Karl Stupic are recognized for advancing the forefront of biomedical imaging by developing a</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/awards/boss-wins-2015-flc-tech-transfer-award" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20221110105239/https://www.nist.gov/awards/boss-wins-2015-flc-tech-transfer-award"><span>Boss wins 2015 FLC Tech Transfer award</span> </a></h3> </header> <div 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