IMPROVING BIOSPECIMEN QUALITY BY VERIFYING ADEQUACY AT THE POINT-OF-ACQUISITION WITH EX VIVO STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION MICROSCOPY


Year of Award:
2015
Status:
Complete
Award Type:
R33
Project Number:
CA196457
RFA Number:
RFA-CA-14-006
Technology Track:
Biospecimen Science Technologies
PI/Project Leader:
BROWN, JONATHAN QUINCY
Other PI or Project Leader:
N/A
Institution:
TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
Ex vivo microscopy is an emerging set of imaging modalities intended to enable histological imaging of whole tissue specimens at the point-of-procedure. Ex vivo microscopy holds much promise for enabling rapid verification of cancer biospecimen quantity a