SBIR/STTR Research Award
NOCT - Neuroepithelium Optical Coherence Tomography
Award amount
$249,999Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2022Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Health Agency
- Recipient company
- CHROMOLOGIC LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2022-05-31
- Contract end date
- 2023-01-01
- UEI
- D9EVNTKKWLF3
- Solicitation number
- 22.1
- Topic code
- DHA221-003
Research abstract
In order to meet DHA’s need for quantitative imaging of the olfactory neuroepithelium (ON) ChromoLogic proposes to develop a Neuroepithelial Optical Coherence Tomography (NOCT) system that uses an optical coherence tomography (OCT) endoscope to generate 3D images of the ON. The device is non-invasive and can be used to determine the cellular and functional characteristics of olfactory neuroepithelium with limited anesthesia. The device can determine thickness of the mucus layer, epithelium, and the lamina propria and characterize important properties of the cellular layers. This is made possible by a custom-designed OCT probe that can be inserted into the nose for high resolution imaging and analysis software that can quantify the thickness of the various layers from the resulting 3D images.
Technology keywords
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Other awards by this recipient
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Awards with the same topic code
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- Multimodal Nasoendoscope for Olfactory Dysfunction Diagnosis
- Multimodal optical imager for olfactory dysfunction diagnosis
Research funding history
93 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2007–2025). Reported award amounts total $49,103,552. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy