University at Buffalo (UB)
Stephen Rudin, PhD, is developing a micro-angiographic fluoroscope to improve image-guided neurovascular diagnosis and interventions.
NIH Awards Rudin $2.5 Million to Advance Radiographic Imaging
Published February 18, 2013 This content is archived.
Story by Alexandra Edelblute
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.
Improving Image-Guided Intervention
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.
Perfecting Technology, Continuing Testing
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.
Research Collaborators from UB and Beyond
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.