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Health

Medical imaging

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Nano-biophotonics for molecular imaging

Ongoing
Nano-biophotonics consists of four broad areas: molecular bioimaging; nano-biosensors; multiplexed bioassays ; and nanotechnology-based medical practices for diagnosis and therapy. Success in these areas is challenged by the underlying complexity of biological systems. Major levels of complexity and
NIST standard reference material (SRM) for the verificaiton of 3D optical medical imaging devices.

Optical Medical Imaging

Ongoing
We advance measurement science and standards infrastructure to accelerate adoption of optical medical imaging technologies for surgical and clinical applications. Optical medical imaging promises to enhance and complement conventional medical imaging modalities that include magnetic resonance
Advanced Magnetic Imaging staff

Advanced Magnetic Imaging

Ongoing
Ultra-low field (ULF) MRI MRI systems are widely used for clinical diagnostics where imaging is typically done in high-field magnets ranging from 1.5 T to 7 T to achieve a manageable signal-to-noise ratio needed for short imaging times (few minutes) and high resolution (1 mm or less). Ultra-low

X-ray computed tomography (CT) for medical applications

Completed
As scale lengths get smaller, diffraction becomes increasingly prominent in tomography. The work here develops diffraction tomography for laboratory sources. A new laboratory scale instrument at NIST/Boulder is dedicated to tomography of integrated circuit interconnects. Tomography software written

Publications

Color-map recommendation for MR relaxometry maps

Author(s)
Miha Fuderer, Fabio Crameri, Nandita deSouza, Bettina Baessler, Vikas Gulani, Meiyun Wang, Ruud de Boer, Matt Cashmore, Wolter de Graaf, Kathryn Keenan, Dan Ma, Carolin Pirkl, Nico Sollmann, Sebastian Weingartner, Stefano Mandija, Xavier Golay

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