Stephen
Rudin, PhD, director of radiology’s
radiation
physics division, has won a four-year, $2.5 million grant from
the National Institutes of Health
to continue developing state-of-the-art technology within a new
class of imaging detectors.
Rudin’s research has the potential to translate into
manufactured medical systems providing new standards of care in
neurovascular medicine.
Rudin and other collaborators are furthering the development of
a high-resolution, region-of-interest X-ray imaging detector.
With qualities superior to standard X-ray image intensifiers and
flat panel detectors, the micro-angiographic fluoroscope (MAF) will
provide better images while minimizing patients’ radiation
doses.
Rudin’s research, funded through the National Institute
of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, seeks to improve
image-guided neurovascular diagnosis and refine neurovascular
interventions.
The MAF was constructed by Rudin and his collaborators during
earlier phases of research.
Recently, they achieved promising results after using the MAF to
guide human interventions.
Moving forward, their research will focus on enhancing the
detector system technology. They plan to continue testing on
patients as developments are implemented.
While the researchers are focused on neurovascular applications,
they believe their developing medical imaging concepts may apply to
all endovascular procedures, including cardiovascular diagnoses and
interventions, peripheral vascular diagnoses and intervention, and
pediatric procedures.
Rudin, a SUNY Distinguished Professor, is joined by several UB
collaborators, including:
- Daniel
Bednarek, PhD, professor of radiology, neurosurgery and physiology and
biophysics
- L.
Nelson Hopkins, MD, professor and chair of neurosurgery
- Elad
Levy, MD, professor of neurosurgery and radiology
- Adnan
Siddiqui, MD, PhD, associate professor of neurosurgery and
radiology
- Ciprian Ionita, PhD, research assistant professor at the Toshiba
Stroke and Vascular Research Center
- Jihnhee Yu, PhD, associate professor of biostatistics in the
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Michael Silver, PhD, vice president for research at Toshiba
Medical Research Institute USA, is also working on the project.
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