The purpose of this Program Announcement (PA) is to support the development and clinical validation of systems for image-guided interventions (IGI) for cancer. Specifically, the goals of this program are to provide support for: the development and optimization of fully integrated cancer imaging, monitoring, and therapy systems; validation of integrated IGI systems through clinical evaluations; the development of multiple prototype integrated IGI systems as required for multi-site clinical evaluations; and partnerships among small business, large business, and academic clinical centers, as well as small business joint ventures, in order to reach the research goals.

• Release Date: February 17, 2004
• Application Receipt Date(s): April 1, August 1, and December 1
• SBIR set-aside
• Contact: Keyvan Farahani, Ph.D. (farahank@mail.nih.gov) at 301-451-2651

See full description in NIH Guide: PA-04-063

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