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THE APPLICATION OF TRANSITION RADIATION TO NON-INVASIVE ANIGIOGRAPHY

Award Information

Agency:
National Science Foundation 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
1567 		Program Year/Program:
1987 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
1567 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Adelphi Technology, Inc.
2003 East Bayshore Rd Redwood City, CA 94063-4121
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 1987
Title: THE APPLICATION OF TRANSITION RADIATION TO NON-INVASIVE ANIGIOGRAPHY
Agency: NSF
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $224,000.00
 

Abstract:

THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED EXPERIMENT IS TO CONDUCT AN EVALUATION OF TRANSITION RADIATION FOR THE NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN HUMANS. THE HIGH BRIGHTNESS AND LASER-LIKE COLLIMATION OF TRANSITION RADIATION, MAKE IT AN IDEAL SOURCE OF X-RAYS FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS. RECENT EXPERIMENTS USING SYNCHROTRON EMISSION AS A SOURCE OF X-RAYS, COUPLED WITH IN VIVO DETECTION OF IODINE BY DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY, HAVE PRODUCED DRAMATIC VISUALIZATIONS OF THE CORONARY ARTERIES IN CANINE SUBJECTS. WE PROPOSE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT TRANSITION RADIATION FROM HIGH-DENSITY TUNGSTEN FOILS, UTILIZING ELECTRONS FROM A MODERATE ENERGY ACCELERATOR (100 TO 300 MEV) IS A VIABLE AND LESS COSTLY ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF HARD X-RAYS THAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION.

Principal Investigator:

Melvin A. Piestrup
President
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Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Adelphi Technology Inc.
13800 Skyline Blvd. #2 Woodside, CA 94062

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DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees: N/A
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No