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MULTIPLEXED ECHO PLANAR IMAGING FOR NEUROSCIENCES

Award Number: R44NS073417
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/15/2011
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 02/28/2017

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MULTIPLEXED ECHO PLANAR IMAGING FOR NEUROSCIENCES - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): MRI is a proven non-invasive technique that makes high resolution image of the brain. Echo planar imaging (EPI) is the most widely used MRI technique used for neurosciences due to its extremely fast imaging speed and unique contrast mechanisms. EPI combined with diffusion sensitive gradient pulses provides 3D visualization of axonal fibers, which reveals the connectional anatomy of the human brain. EPI is also nearly exclusively used for functional MRI (fMRI) given its extremely high sensitivity to changes in "blood oxygen level dependent" (BOLD) contrast in different regions of the brain, revealing maps of neuronal activity. We are proposing to develop a family of highly efficient new EPI sequences for diffusion and fMRI providing several times faster imaging of the brain. This new faster imaging technique works by multiplexing several images within the single-shot echo train, to produce several images instead of a single EPI image from a each train of signals, whereas only a single image is produced in the normal EPI pulse sequence. The new Multiplexed EPI imaging sequence will largely replace the use of the original EPI sequence invented by Peter Mansfield in 1978 that to date has been used for all neuroscience and clinical brain imaging. The availability of these Multiplexed EPI techniques will give researchers and clinicians the capability of performing high angular resolution diffusion imaging (HARDI) in scan times reduced from 25 minutes to 8 or 12 minutes scans and these scan times will be more tolerable by both patients and research subjects. The multiplexed EPI can scan many times faster or instead be used to provide more images that are thinner for higher resolution and reduced artifacts. The greatly accelerated scan times of the whole brain will enable new experiments in functional MRI at 7 Tesla and 3 Tesla. The sequence will be designed, implemented and evaluated on MRI scanners operating at 3T at University of California Berkeley and San Francisco and at 7T and 10.5T at University of Minnesota. Once the Multiplexed EPI sequence is fully evaluated and optimized, it will be made into a useful tool for basic and clinical neuroscience research, and for clinical diagnostic imaging.


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: 2017 ( Subtotal = -$52,158 )
2017	2014	ADVANCED MRI TECHNOLOGIES LLC	652 PETALUMA WAY STE I	SEBASTOPOL	CA	95472	SONOMA	USA	Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders	000	4	8/4/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$52,158
														Subtotal = -$52,158

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2016	2014	ADVANCED MRI TECHNOLOGY, INC	652 PETALUMA, SUITE J	SEBASTOPOL	CA	95472	SONOMA	USA	Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders	000	4	2/29/2016	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2014 ( Subtotal = $785,368 )
2014	2014	ADVANCED MRI TECHNOLOGY, INC	652 PETALUMA, SUITE J	SEBASTOPOL	CA	95472	SONOMA	USA	Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders	000	4	3/18/2014	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$785,368
														Subtotal = $785,368

Issue Date FY: 2013 ( Subtotal = $831,977 )
2013	2013	ADVANCED MRI TECHNOLOGY, INC	652 PETALUMA, SUITE J	SEBASTOPOL	CA	95472	SONOMA	USA	Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders	000	3	2/25/2013	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$831,977
														Subtotal = $831,977

Issue Date FY: 2012 ( Subtotal = $892,368 )
2012	2012	ADVANCED MRI TECHNOLOGY, INC	652 PETALUMA, SUITE J	SEBASTOPOL	CA	95472	SONOMA	USA	Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders	002	2	9/11/2012	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$48,514
2012	2012	ADVANCED MRI TECHNOLOGY, INC	652 PETALUMA, SUITE J	SEBASTOPOL	CA	95472	SONOMA	USA	Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders	000	2	3/15/2012	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$749,716
2012	2012	ADVANCED MRI TECHNOLOGY, INC	652 PETALUMA, SUITE J	SEBASTOPOL	CA	95472	SONOMA	USA	Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders	001	2	5/16/2012	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$94,138
														Subtotal = $892,368

Issue Date FY: 2011 ( Subtotal = $287,441 )
2011	2011	ADVANCED MRI TECHNOLOGY, INC	652 PETALUMA, SUITE J	SEBASTOPOL	CA	95472	SONOMA	USA	Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders	000	1	6/9/2011	NEW	$287,441
														Subtotal = $287,441

Grand Total All Awards = $2,744,996

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MULTIPLEXED ECHO PLANAR IMAGING FOR NEUROSCIENCES

Award Number: R44NS073417

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

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

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/15/2011

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 02/28/2017

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