SBIR/STTR Research Award
Optical Imaging of Retinal Blood Circulation
Award amount
$135,594Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2001Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- National Institutes of Health
- Recipient company
- CW OPTICS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
DESCRIPTION (From the Applicant's Abstract):
Evaluation of retinal blood flow is an important diagnostic parameter. Standard
techniques to clinically evaluate retinal vasculature in humans-direct and
indirect ophthalmoscopy, as well as slit lamp examination-do not directly
measure retinal blood flow, an assessment that may be pertinent in detecting
preclinical alterations of retinal blood flow that may be predictive of
significant clinical morbidity. The current application proposes to investigate
the feasibility of a new optical imaging technique for realtime, non-invasive,
quantitative measurement of retinal blood flow in animals. Phase I will be
devoted to the development and evaluation of a prototype and investigating
critical engineering milestones for Phase II.
PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: NOT AVAILABLE
Technology keywords
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