SBIR/STTR Research Award
FASTCOUNT Next generation stereology platform for fast, accurate 3D cell counting
Award amount
$348,102Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2014Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- National Institutes of Health
- Recipient company
- MICROBRIGHTFIELD, LLC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- L5XGENY3LNN7
- Solicitation number
- PA11-134
- Topic code
- NIMH
Research abstract
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Stereologic cell counting has revolutionized the field of neuroscience over the last 20 years, and numerous studies highlighting the impact of stereologic cell counting in basic neuroscience and pharmaceutical and biotechnology research continue to be published. A single study, however, may take months since investigators must decide by visual inspection whether or not to count each cell according to three-dimensional (3D) stereologic counting rules within thousands of microscopic fields-of-view. Because of this reliance on manual inspection, stereologic cell counting has remained very labor intensive and time-consuming to perform. As a result, faster automated, though less accurate non-stereologic cell detection approaches have remained in widespread use despite their known disadvantages and biased results. In response to this challenge, this project aims to develop an innovative microscope system for fully-automated stereologic cell counting ( FASTCOUNT ), building
Technology keywords
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Research funding history
42 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1989–2023). Reported award amounts total $42,106,779. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation