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Innovative High Resolution Dental X-ray Imager

Award Number: R44DE026373
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/01/2016
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2022

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Innovative High Resolution Dental X-ray Imager - Abstract Radiation Monitoring Devices (RMD) proposes to develop a new dental x-ray imager that will have all the advantages of a digital technology, retain the most desirable aspects of image quality that film emulsions provide, and most importantly, reduce dose to patients. The device will be a blend of two technologies – silicon based imaging arrays and semiconductor x-ray conversion layers. The silicon capabilities are better understood, with CCD and CMOS devices well established in dental imaging. The application of a semiconductor conversion layer is the more challenging aspect, but advances being made in related medical fields (such as mammography) demonstrate the potential for extraordinary quality images. RMD wants to bring a similar technological revolution to dental imaging. The variation to the above referenced technology is to replace the current x-ray receptor (selenium) with a different semiconductor layer – mercuric iodide (HgI2) – that will provide greater dose efficiency and higher image contrast. Instead of a-Si TFT arrays, a CMOS passive pixel array will be adapted for the HgI2 converter layer. The advantage to dental imaging is that dentists will get the high resolution images that they are accustomed to with film, but now with a much lower dose to the patient. RMD will work on tailoring mercuric iodide detection layers to a high resolution CMOS device. The work plan will encompass powder fabrication, evaluating layer compositions, preparing dielectric and electrode layers to work in conjunction with the HgI2 layer and CMOS structure, and completing a wide range of electrical and physical tests to gauge x-ray sensitivity and image quality. At completion, it is desired to have demonstrated a device with exceptional image potential quality that is better than conventional digital technology with phosphors and scintillators. And because of the key direct converter technology, the dose per image will be vastly reduced from current norms.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = -$22,837 )
2023	2020	RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES, INC.	44 HUNT ST	WATERTOWN	MA	02472	MIDDLESEX	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	000	3	6/28/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$22,837
														Subtotal = -$22,837

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $471,565 )
2020	2020	RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES, INC.	44 HUNT ST #2	WATERTOWN	MA	02472	MIDDLESEX	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	002	3	9/4/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$471,565
2020	2019	RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES, INC.	44 HUNT ST #2	WATERTOWN	MA	02472	MIDDLESEX	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	001	2	5/22/2020	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2020	2019	RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES, INC.	44 HUNT ST #2	WATERTOWN	MA	02472	MIDDLESEX	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	000	2	2/28/2020	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $471,565

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $482,008 )
2019	2019	RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES, INC.	44 HUNT ST #2	WATERTOWN	MA	02472	MIDDLESEX	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	001	2	9/23/2019	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$2
2019	2019	RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES, INC.	44 HUNT ST #2	WATERTOWN	MA	02472	MIDDLESEX	USA	Oral Diseases and Disorders Research	000	2	9/19/2019	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$482,006
														Subtotal = $482,008

Grand Total All Awards = $930,736

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Innovative High Resolution Dental X-ray Imager

Award Number: R44DE026373

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/01/2016

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2022

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