Physical Sciences, Incorporated Receives NIH Grant for Multimodal Microscope for Interaoperative Assessment of Breast Surgical Margins
Physical Sciences, Incorporated Receives a 2017 NIH Grant for $525,207 for Multimodal Microscope for Interaoperative Assessment of Breast Surgical Margins. The principal investigator is Nicusor Iftima. The program began in 2014 and end sin 2019. Below is a summary of the proposed work. Physical Sciences, Inc. (PSI), in collaboration with MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) and Caliber ID, Rochester, NY proposes to develop a novel technology for real-time assessment of surgical margins on breast cancer lumpectomy specimens and provide immediate feedback to the surgeon. A multimodal microscope will be used in conjunction with a high sensitivity cancer targeting agent ...
