Award
NIH Reporter #3R01DE033449-03S1
Ex vivo intraoperative surgical basal margin analysis in head and neck cancer resection: clinical validation
Recipient
Illinois Institute of Technology
Award Amount
$200,129.00
Ceiling
$200,129.00
Awarded
May 27, 2026
Identifier
3R01DE033449-03S1
Award for developing and clinically validating an advanced imaging system to improve surgical margin analysis in head and neck cancer surgeries, enhancing detection accuracy and patient outcomes.
Description
Development and clinical validation of an intraoperative dual-aperture fluorescence ratio imaging system and automated data analysis approach to analyze resected-tissue basal margins in head and neck squamous cell cancer resection surgery, aiming to improve detection and localization of inadequate basal surgical margins to enhance patient survival.